Archives: teaching achievement awards

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Apply for a 2018 Carleton achievement award or grant

Get your application ready for the Carleton University Achievement Awards. There are four award categories and one grant currently open for applications: the Teaching Achievement Awards (TAA), the Professional Achievement Awards (PAA), the Contract Instructor Teaching Awards (CITA), the Research Achievement Awards (RAA) and the Contract... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Music as a fundamental right: Spotlight on Jesse Stewart

By: Emily Cook, TLS staff writer For Professor Jesse Stewart, music-making is not an exclusive club; it’s a fundamental human right. Stewart says he teaches students creative problem solving and interpersonal skills through the use of “found objects.” In one of his classes, you might find an ensemble of paper and cardboard instruments, a... More

Monday, April 13, 2015

Bringing music to life and expanding the boundaries of the classroom: Spotlight on Alexis Luko

By Emily Cook, TLS staff writer It’s not enough to just hear the music, you have to experience it. At least, that’s a lesson students learn in Alexis Luko’s classes. “When I enter the classroom, I’m really energetic," says Luko. "I know that I have to bring a lot of enthusiasm to all the... More

Monday, March 16, 2015

Bringing fun and interaction into the classroom: Spotlight on Vincent Kazmierski

By Emily Cook, EDC staff writer Explaining assault by throwing a book at a TA (consented to in advance, of course), or doing hands-on computer exercises, may not seem standard for teaching law, but for professor Vincent Kazmierski, that’s just another day in the classroom. In his 10 years of teaching legal studies at... More

Monday, March 2, 2015

Gregory MacIsaac talks ‘holistic’ reading and the joy of thinking

By Dario Balca, TLS staff writer Front to back, page by page, line by line—this is how Carleton humanities professor Gregory MacIsaac teaches his students some of the most challenging texts history has to offer. It’s all part of the award-winning professor’s unique approach to teaching what he calls “holistic” reading. This means... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Facilitating ‘Facebook’ for Fourth-Year Engineers: Spotlight on Leonard MacEachern

By Cassandra Hendry A couple of years ago, a few of Leonard MacEachern’s electronics students came to him, hoping to make a 3D-printed prosthetic hand. While the idea itself was great, MacEachern and his students soon realized that to pull this project off, they’d need much more than electronics expertise. Students skilled in software... More

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