Portfolio project display reveals thoughts,
contributions to quality education

Dr. Lee Shulman’s talk at Douglas
College will be followed by the Portfolio
Pilot Project Display and reception.
Excerpts from people’s portfolios will be
posted on a path from the Performing Arts
Theatre, where the talk will be held,
across the bridge and along the fourth
floor south hallway to the Boardroom.

The excerpts from portfolios are only
some of the thoughts and experiences
which will be shared on May 12.
Together with an account of the project
and participants’ comments, the entire
display will convey the diversity and
complexity of teaching and learning at
Douglas College.

 

“The popularity of the ‘learning
organization’ as a transformative
metaphor speaks to a curious reality
regarding education institutions such as
ours: while teaching and especially
learning enjoy a mythologic status in
mission statements and Strategic plans,
these activities are marginalized in
everyday practices.”

 

“The challenge is to find a.way to
reach down only far enough in order to
bring the students up to acceptable
academic standards. This is often a long
and arduous process for I am convinced
that many, if not most, students bring a
‘microwave’ background with them; that
is, they expect that results in education
will be instant as are many other things in
our present North American society.
Notions of ‘slow progress’,
‘perseverance’, and ‘discipline’ seem
rather foreign or new to many students.”

 

“These fundamental paradigm
shifts...reflect part of my feminist and
social constructivist perspective on post-

The Lee Shulman Lecture takes
place in the Performing Arts
Theatre on andi May 12 from

 

secondary education. I want to be part of
a group of active change agents in my
institution. Working to set up a quality
system of prior learning assessment to
develop a culture that values all types of
quality learning is my current
professional goal. This goal will require
ongoing and intense professional
development on my part.”

 

“In order to explain my philosophy, I
will refer to an analogy which I developed
at the initial forum: teaching is to
learning as guiding is to trekking. I see
my role as teacher as that of a guide, a
person who indicates a direction and
alerts students to impediments on new

and exciting journeys. By sharing my
own expertise in guiding, I hope that the
trekkers will soon learn the techniques to
make the journey alone.”

“My teaching/learning philosophy
centres on the notion that the exchange
between instructor and student in a
classroom environment is anything but
one-sided. I believe that my effectiveness
as an instructor depends to a great extent
on my ability to respond to the particular
dynamics at work in me to be receptive to
what students are experiencing in the
classroom, in relationship to the material,
to each other, and to me...”

D.C. sports roundup for

1994-95 season

Douglas College’s athletes and coaches wrapped up a good season with the Athletic
Awards Banquet on March 31. The season’s highlight was the Women’s Volleyball team,

CCAA silver medallists and
BCCAA champions, led by Sasha
Klunder, who was named Most
Valuable Player at the BCCAA
championships, and also named to
the CCAA All Canadian and All
Tournament Team (along with
teammate Susan Sharp). She was
also named Douglas College
Female Athlete of the Year. Dave
Dalcanale was BCCAA and
CCAA Coach of the Year, and
Douglas College Coach of the
Year. Golf team member Kris
Yardley was named Male Athlete
of the Year. Here is a summary of
where other teams and individuals
finished.

@ Men’s Basketball - Fourth
@ Women’s Basketball - Fourth
@ Golf - Gold Medallists
@ Badminton (Team)
- Silver Medallists
@ (Individual) Tomomi Ohkubo | 1
@ Silver Medal Women’s Singles

 

Volleyball star Sasha Klunder with College
President Bill Day at the Athletics Awards
Banquet on March 31.

@ Corey Loken, Michael Co Silver Medal Men’s Doubles
@ Tosca Lukes, Kevin Legge Bronze Medal Mixed Doubles .
@ Vivian Mai, Lana Lim Gold Medallists Women’s Doubles, CCAA Silver Medallists

@ Men’s Volleyball Bronze Medallists
e@ Rugby NCRU Bronze Medallists