Media Release |
Sep. 6, 2005
UBC Education Experts Offer Back-to-school Insights
Textbooks and bagged lunches will once again fill knapsacks as more than 567,000 elementary and secondary students return to school in September. UBC Faculty of Education experts are available for comment on topical education issues.
Educational research, governance, finance and policy
Charles Ungerleider, Educational Studies
Cell: 778.228.0617
E-mail:
charles.ungerleider@ubc.ca
Choosing the right school (private versus public)
Dan Brown, Educational Studies
Tel:
604.822.4588
E-mail:
dan.brown@ubc.ca
The value of hiring a tutor or going to a learning centre
Gary Rupert, Teacher Education Office
Tel:
604.822.2214
E-mail:
gary.rupert@ubc.ca
The value of French immersion
Monique Bournot-Trites, Language and Literacy Education
Tel:
604.822.4873
E-mail:
monique.bournot-trites@ubc.ca
Social development, bullying
Making the transition to school or to high school
Kim Schonert-Reichl, Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education
Tel:
604.822.2215
E-mail:
kimberly.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
Balanced school calendars
Mark Edwards, Educational Studies
Tel:
604.827.5350
E-mail: markme@interchange.ubc.ca
Mental health -- anxiety among school age children
Lynn Miller, Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education
Tel:
604.822.8321
E-mail:
lynn.miller@ubc.ca
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