Reading Group Session: November 20th, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Speaker: Ian Spencer Dimopoulos - Government of Yukon
Topic(s): Pre-service teachers and teaching standards
Readings for session:
1. Education International & UNESCO. (2019). Global framework of professional teaching standards. Education International & UNESCO.
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2. Noyes, A., Ritchie, K. C., & King, S. (2022). An exploratory study of pre-service teachers’ evidence-based practice related knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 37(4), 385–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/08295735221114193
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noyes-et-al-2022-an-exploratory-study-of-pre-service-teachers-evidence-based-practice-related-knowledge-attitudes-and.pdfAn exploratory study of pre-service teachers’ evidence-based practice related knowledge, attitudes, and practices.
Reading Group Session: October 16th, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Topic: Teacher Shortages
Readings for session:
1. Hedrick-Shaw, D. (2025). Looking back to move forward: re-examining “alternative” certification as a site for teacher learning. Teachers and Teaching, 31(4), 678-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2024.2397584
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2. Perry, A. (2025, Feb 19). You Can’t Solve the Teacher Shortage by Pretending Anyone Can Do the Job. The Walrus.