Welcome
to
Language and Literacy Education
(LLED)
The range of the Department's work includes research and teaching in Literacy Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, Modern Language Education and Teacher Librarianship. LLED also contributes to the MA Program in Children's Literature, working with colleagues in the Faculty of Arts, and maintains a strong interest in the teaching of verbal and related arts, particularly literature and drama/theatre education.
We invite you to explore this site to learn about our work in Canada and internationally. You will see that we collaborate with educators committed to social change and better opportunities for learning in many places: in school districts in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, with Canadian colleagues in each province, and with researchers and educators in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and across North and South America.
We welcome your enquiries: please make contact if you would like to know more about our research and teaching programs.
Dr Geoff Williams
Head
Dr.
Mary Ashworth Memorial Scholarship Fund - Special Appeal. The
UBC Faculty of Education is raising funds to endow a scholarship
in memory of Dr.
Mary Ashworth , a Professor Emerita of Language and Literacy
Education, who passed away on January 20, 2009. To learn more
about supporting this important initiative, please send an
email to jacqueline dot doering at ubc dot ca or
call 604-827-5213.
In the News: The April 2, 2009 edition of UBC Reports contains an interesting article titled Ugandan Students Advance Digital Literacy, which describes the research program in Uganda initiated by Dr. Bonny Norton and Dr. Maureen Kendrick. Digital Literacy Summer Institute: July 2-24, 2009. Highlights include two morning graduate courses with a Digital Literacy focus: LLED 565A, offered by summer scholar Dr. Michael Eberle-Sinatra, and LLED 565D, offered by Dr. John Willinsky. There will also be a series of optional afternoon workshops for students in LLED 565A and D offered by Dr. Teresa Dobson and visiting scholar Dr. Stan Ruecker, and a week of workshops for Lower Mainland English language arts educators (July 20-24). Drama Education Summer Institute July 2-9, 2009 with instructor George Belliveau, invites new and experienced teachers, together with researchers, to explore connections between drama and literature through readings and practical activities. No theatre or drama experience is required for this course. Summer 2009 Course List Public Policy Brief: Increasing Literacy Levels of Canadian Students. Victoria Purcell-Gates, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair – Early Literacy, University of British Columbia; Rob Tierney, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. |