Professor Sensoy’s teaching schedule
2016-2017 TEACHING SCHEDULE
2016-3/ fall: Educ 438 undergrad Education and Popular Culture
Educ 837 grad Seminar in Equity Theories in Education
2017-1/ winter: non-teaching semester
2017-2/ summer: Educ 382 undergrad Diversity in Education
Educ 438 undergrad Education and Popular Culture
Student comments about Professor Sensoy’s classes
“Thought provoking topics, a passionate teacher.”
Undergraduate student, 2014
“The instructor is very knowledgeable and pushes you to develop and clarify ideas rather than making vague statements...she is open to helping you develop your ideas, rather than make you fit a mould.”
Graduate student, 2013
“The strongest aspects of teaching would be her ability to communicate difficult concepts to the class...she is a great instructor.”
Undergraduate student, 2013
“The enthusiasm of the teacher rubs off on students.”
Undergraduate student, 2013
“She is funny funny.”
Undergraduate student, 2014
“Prof’s knowledge of topic is vast so always able to provide extra information/ answer questions related/unrelated to exact topic of the week. The ability to discuss altogether as a class is great. Love Prof’s ability to help us make sense of theories/ harder ideas - gave lots of examples.”
Undergraduate student, 2011
"One of the most thoroughly prepared and informed profs with whom I've taken a class. She, and this course, have opened my eyes to so many avenues of media analysis than I'd previously looked at."
Undergraduate student, 2010
“Dr. Sensoy was passionate, professional, and prepared. The course was very well organized and assessed very fairly.”
Undergraduate student, 2011
“Amazingly well prepared, always challenges students to keep thinking, engaging with the topics and material, and keep thinking “outside the box” instead of just passively taking information in.”
Undergraduate student, 2011
"The course is very structured so students know what to expect on a weekly basis. The course material is extremely valuable. I have never learnt so much in a course before. The instructor is well organized and provides excellent, excellent feedback. What you learn in this course is so applicable to daily life, and should be almost mandatory for teachers in training."
Undergraduate student, 2008
"She is extremely knowledgeable and presents information in a fun engaging way. The coursework/assignments are extremely relevant to what is going on in our lives and the information was very useful."
Undergraduate student, 2010
“Dr. Sensoy is very passionate, she knows a lot about the issues...yet she is not pushy at all to enforce her own ideas. She carefully listens to every comment and responds with a very encouraging and respectful attitude.”
Graduate student, 2013
"She is very strong, very knowledgeable in her subject area and very interesting to listen to. Facilitates class discussion well."
Undergraduate student, 2011
"Dr. Sensoy did an amazing job helping us to critically think and have fun at the same time."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"Excellent reading material - very engaging class atmosphere. Excellent and professional instructor - very knowledgeable of content, also very supportive of student learning"
Graduate student, 2010
"The texts were contemporary, varied and clear...This course has literally changed how I view what's going on in the world in a big way."
Graduate student, 2010
"Less damn readings! Freaking walls of text readings!!!!"
Undergraduate student, 2009
"The readings were well-picked. I also liked the way that understanding the readings was key."
Undergraduate student, 2009
"Encouraged participation from everyone."
Undergraduate student, 2010
“Özlem encouraged discussion and critical thinking. Her implementation of small group discussion/work was helpful and a good way to encourage participation. Özlem encouraged us to bring in ideas outside of class that were relevant, which helped to engage students further.”
Undergraduate student, 2011
"Discussions are too long. Shorter discussion -- 3 hour lecture instead."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"The course was facilitated as to enable wide participation, an inclusive and respectful learning environment. The texts were superb. Dr. Sensoy's presentation skills and use of videos make the class interesting and inviting."
Graduate student, 2010
"Excellent facilitator, non-judgmental. Finds excellent resource material and very knowledgeable. Projects are very relevant to course subject matter... This was the MOST valuable Education course that I have ever taken."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"The only weak feature of this course is that it is 4 hrs long and only 15 minute break."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"Dr. S. is extremely knowledgeable in this area. She constructed interesting assignments and really pushed our thinking. 4 hr classes flew by due to engaging activities and films."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"The class is a bit long, but the activities make it go by quickly."
Undergraduate student, 2010
"I prefer the banking model"
Undergraduate student, 2009
"Instructor speaks clearly, friendly, encourages discussion."
Undergraduate student, 2010
“When I describe your course to others, I tell them it was life-changing.”
Graduate student, 2007
“This is by far the best class I have ever taken and your style of teaching was different but very effective.”
Undergraduate student, 2008
"Dr. Sensoy is a great teacher, but can sound slightly arrogant at times."
Undergraduate student, 2009
"Instructor is very passionate and knowledgeable about the topics of the course. She also cares about students' comments and concerns"
Undergraduate student, 2010
"[Professor] brings in real world examples as a way of teaching complicated theoretical ideas. This makes ideas easier to grasp and use outside the classroom."
Undergraduate student, 2013
"Focus more on the textbook."
PDP student, 2007
“The way she does the assignments, HW [homework], and in class marks are all fair and well distributed.”
Undergraduate student, 2013
"I found the ideas and the way they were presented made me look at and think about issues from different perspective and made me more aware of my own assumptions."
PDP student, 2007
"Her ability to keep us thinking critically. The questions she posed to the class got us to think hard about issues."
PDP student, 2008
"A very warm, empathetic and compassionate teacher. Fantastic. A tremendous asset to the teaching profession. Thank you for being a mentor."
PDP student, 2008
“I loved this course!”
Undergraduate student, 2011
“Amazing course, the best so far in my entire academic career.”
Undergraduate student, 2011
“Best instructor at SFU after 6 years as a student”
Undergraduate student, 2013
"The class was better than I thought it would be."
Undergraduate student, 2008
photo by Özlem Sensoy, Oregon Coast USA
