SASS Research Network
Seminar: Research on Academic Success
September 30, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
90 University St., Conference Room
Seminar Program
Time
Activity
7:30 – 8:00
Coffee, tea, breakfast pastries
8:00 – 8:15
Seminar launch: François Houle, vice-president (academic) and provost, Murray Sang, director of SASS
8:15 – 9:30
Jan H. F. Meyer, professor of education and director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Research in Higher Education, School of Education at Durham, UK; adjunct professor at the University of South Australia; and emeritus professor at the University of Cape Town
Presentation and discussion: Threshold concepts and meta-learning capacity in the specific context of engagement
9:30 – 9:45
Break
9:45 – 10:45
Denis Bédard, full professor, Faculty of Education, University of Sherbrooke, and director of the Centre d’études et de recherche en enseignement supérieur (CERES).
Presentation and discussion: Les travaux du CERES touchant l’engagement et la persévérance des étudiants et des professeurs, et l’établissement de réseaux de recherche (CERES projects on student and professor engagement and retention; establishing research networks)
10:45 – 12:15
Ross Finnie, associate professor, Graduate School of Public and International affairs, University of Ottawa
Presentation and discussion: Who goes? Who stays? What matters: Accessing and persisting in post-secondary education in Canada
12:15 – 13:30
LUNCH (courtesy of SASS)
13:30 – 14:50
Research project presentations by seminar participants (recently completed, in progress, proposed, etc.)
14:50 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 16:00
Round-table discussions on research themes, with a focus on promoting partnerships and multidisciplinary team research
16:00 – 16:30
Seminar summary, with a view to crafting a framework for research projects and potential collaborations
Next phase: How can we structure this new network? What role should it play?
90 University St., Conference Room
| Time | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Coffee, tea, breakfast pastries | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Seminar launch: François Houle, vice-president (academic) and provost, Murray Sang, director of SASS | |
| 8:15 – 9:30 | Jan H. F. Meyer, professor of education and director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Research in Higher Education, School of Education at Durham, UK; adjunct professor at the University of South Australia; and emeritus professor at the University of Cape Town |
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| 9:30 – 9:45 | Break | |
| 9:45 – 10:45 | Denis Bédard, full professor, Faculty of Education, University of Sherbrooke, and director of the Centre d’études et de recherche en enseignement supérieur (CERES). |
|
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Ross Finnie, associate professor, Graduate School of Public and International affairs, University of Ottawa |
|
| 12:15 – 13:30 | LUNCH (courtesy of SASS) | |
| 13:30 – 14:50 | Research project presentations by seminar participants (recently completed, in progress, proposed, etc.) | |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Round-table discussions on research themes, with a focus on promoting partnerships and multidisciplinary team research |
|
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Seminar summary, with a view to crafting a framework for research projects and potential collaborations |