Your Paper Sucked but it will Change the University
Your Paper Sucked but it will Change the University
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Returning to university for grad school is so intimidating, especially after you’ve been out of school for several years. The worst part? That first essay. In this podcast, university and college administrators discuss what they learned when they wrote their first term paper in the Master’s of higher education program at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
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The podcast explores themes of higher education, student success, diversity in classrooms, and the impact of the pandemic on international students, with episodes covering topics such as decision-making in choosing post-secondary institutions and the significance of university rankings.
Returning to university for grad school is so intimidating, especially after you’ve been out of school for several years. The worst part? That first essay. In this podcast, university and college administrators discuss what they learned when they wrote their first term paper in the Master’s of higher education program at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
In this episode, we sit down with Maíra Tavares Mendes, Assistant Professor at OISE, cross-appointed in both the Educational Leadership & Policy and Higher Education programs. She traces her journey from teaching in Brazil's cursinhos populares to pursuing a Master’s degree in search of a framework for her practice. Confronting a lack of research, she turned to ideas associated with Paulo Freire to reframe these grassroots programs as sites of popular education rather than remedial support. While imperfect, one of Maíra's conferences paper became a pivotal means of recognizing her own pedagogy.
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