The Teaching and Learning Innovation Digest - May 2023

FACULTY SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS
DISCOURSE
Early Childhood Education Program,
School of Community and Health Studies
re/IMAGINE
Pauline Camuti-Cull and Marah Gardner Echavez
Faculty, Early Childhood Education (ECE), School of Community and Health Studies (SCHS)
From the panel I heard.. Vulnerability,
Engagement, Equity, Facilitation.
What I learned about myself: human
presence creates memorable
experiences that is long lasting
(sharing is caring).
Breakout Rooms did not work
well. Some students stated other
students took breaks, instead of
engaging in the discussion.
The link provided below offers an example
of the rich discourse that we have
experienced working with the Pedagogist
Network of Ontario and as Postsecondary
Pedagogists. The Pedagogist Network is
a collaborative initiative led by Western
University (Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw) and
(Randa Khattar), York University (Cristina
Delgado-Vintimilla), the University of Toronto
(Fikile Nxumalo), Toronto Metropolitan
University (Nicole Land), and Capilano
University (Kathleen Kummen). As Early
Childhood Educators and Postsecondary
Pedagogists, we gather bimonthly to think
together about readings that include the
works of Foucault, Winnicott, and Agamden to
“unfold” inquiries that emerge.
our learning spaces. In silent reflection we
wonder what this means. We are made to
speculate if such change is possible without
dismantling and reconstructing the systems and
related foundational principles that define our
learning spaces.
These gatherings are instrumental
in deepening our understanding
and motivate us to disrupt our
conventional ways of building
systems of knowledge and knowing.
Hearing and projecting that
everybody in the classroom has
a voice.
These gatherings are instrumental in
deepening our understanding and motivate us
to disrupt our conventional ways of building
systems of knowledge and knowing. We work
together to create more equitable and human
ways of learning and living together. We hope
that this article will motivate you to read
our contribution to the fourth edition of the
Pedagogist Network of Ontario Magazine that
is dedicated to this collective Re-turn.
The pandemic allowed all of us
to reevaluate our own limits and
recognize that they don’t work
anymore: we must be open to
talking about vulnerability.
Talking of anxiety,
fear, the unknown,
transparency, openness.
In this re/TURN we are inspired to bring to
question: What does it mean to re/TURN?
What are we returning to? How do we
want to re/TURN? We dare to imagine the
pedagogical possibilities post-pandemic that
extend beyond our familiar and comfortable
pre-pandemic practices. Discursively and
materially, we are encouraged to Re-imagine
72
Submission Material
73