Library Closed February 17th, 2014

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Monique Flaccavento

The OISE Library will be closed Monday February 17th for Family Day.  We will reopen Tuesday Monday at 8:30am, and will remain open regular hours throughout Reading Week.

Enjoy the long weekend and Reading Week!

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HerStoriesCafé @ OISE Library Feb. 12th, 2014

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Patricia Serafini

Anybody who is interested in the Women’s Education Resource Collection is invited to hear the founder of the collection, Frieda Forman give a talk on the history and significance of this collection from its inception to its relocation within the OISE library.  Here is the information:

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HerstoriesCafe Presents…

“The WERC [Women’s Education Resource Collection]: A glorious period in the history of Canadian feminism” with Frieda Forman

When: Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Where: OISE Library, main floor, University of Toronto. 252 Bloor Street W. 5:00-7:30 p.m.

Refreshments begin at 5 p.m.; talk begins at 5:45 p.m. This event includes a tour of the Women’s Education Resource Collection, located on the second floor of the OISE library

Frieda Forman established and headed the Women’s Education Resource Collection (WERC) at OISE for over two decades. Her publications include Taking Our Time: Feminist Perspectives on Temporality; Feminism and Education: A Canadian Perspective, edited with Mary O’Brien; Found Treasures: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers and, The Exile Book Of Yiddish Women Writers.

Pat Staton, first coordinator of the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE) and publisher of Green Dragon Press, will also speak briefly about the importance of the resource collection to the Women’s Centre and for teachers looking for resources.
Free posters for everyone in attendance!

Please register for this FREE event at herstoriescafe.com

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OISE Book Display – Social Justice in Education

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Caleb Domsy

With the start of the new year many of us have made resolutions to better ourselves and our communities. This book display encourages you to integrate social justice into your professional life. Social justice in education is both an applied and theoretical field of inquiry, thus the display reflects that diversity.

Consider the following titles for inspiration in your classroom.

  • World peace and other 4th-grade achievements 303.69071 H945W This book relates the success its author John Hunter had teaching grade four students about social justice using what he calls a World Peace Game
  • Rethinking mathematics : teaching social justice by the numbers 510 R438 2013 Aimed mainly at the Junoir/Intermediate math grades, this book uses statistics and tables to explore the theme of social justice.
  • Caring hearts & critical minds : literature, inquiry, and social responsibility 370.1534 W862C Steven Wolk’s book encourages teachers to integrate social justice into the literature taught in the classroom. Written for the Junior/Intermediate grades.
  • Deep knowledge : learning to teach science for understanding and equity 507.1 L324D This book follows a handful of student teachers as they spread out to teach science on their way to completing their degrees. Assumptions about teaching and learning in diverse communities are challenged along the way.

The book display also features a number of books that more comprehensively cover the implementation of social justice initiatives that go beyond the classroom.

  • The art of effective facilitation : reflections from social justice educators 370.115 A7842
  • How the dreamers are born : struggles for social justice and the identity construction of activist educators in Brazil 306.430981 P436H
  • Bridging theory & practice : pedagogical enactment for socially just education 370.115 B851
  • Educating for peace and justice 303.6 M145E V.1
  • Advancing social justice : tools, pedagogies, and strategies to transform your campus 370.115 D261A

Finally, it is important to be able to get at the research underlying the practical approaches above. Check out the titles below to further your academic understanding of social justice in education.

  • Education quality and social justice in the global South : challenges for policy, practice, and research 379.26091724 E242
  • Their highest vocation : social justice and the Millennial generation 303.37208350973 F792T
  • Exploring themes of social justice in education : readings in social foundations 306.43 S925E
  • Social justice, education, and identity 370.115 S6782

Come see the staff at the OISE Service desk to take out or look at any of the items in the display cabinet.

Happy New Year!

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Posted on December 19, 2013 by Edward Struthers

  Interested in social justice and education? This new addition to the OISE   Library collection may be of interest to you:

  Class Rules: Exposing Inequality in American High Schools — Peter W.     Cookson Jr. (306.432 C773C)

  In his new book, Class Rules: Exposing Inequality in American High         Schools Peter Cookson challenges the idea that public high school education acts as the great equalizer in modern American society. Geography, rather than academic success or extra-curricular achievement is identified by Cookson as having both the greatest, and the longest lasting impact, on the social-class trajectories of students.

According to Cookson, high schools reinforce and perpetuate social class positions through “rites of passage” that instil in pupils the “values, dispositions, and beliefs of their class” (Cookson, 2013 p. 1) which acts to reproduce class inequalities. As evidence, Cookson compares the social cultures and curriculums of five high schools with markedly different class compositions and shows how the structure and class consciousness of each school serves to perpetuate existing social and economic inequalities.

Although Cookson is focused on the American education and class systems, his study is nevertheless relevant for Canadian educators and policy makers, as his social/psychological theory explaining how teenagers develop class consciousness through the high school experience is universally applicable.

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OISE book display – Winter Holiday Traditions

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Robyn Lewis

If you’re looking for some last minute books to help you through the holidays, come see the display cabinet on the first floor of the OISE library. All materials in the cabinet can be checked out and this month we’ve gathered together OISE materials about winter holidays around the world!

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Check out the holiday activity and craft books to help you and your students through the chilly days leading up to winter vacation. Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Crafts Kids Can Make, First Nations Christmas Activities, The Holiday Handbook: 700+ storytime activities from Arbor Day to Yom Kippur-from Diwali to Kwanzaa to Ramadan, and International winter festivals: projects and patterns for Holiday Gifts, Greetings, Ornaments, Decorations and Classroom Displays, offer a wide variety of holiday, Christmas, and wintery crafts.   

For learning about Christmas look to the children’s books Yoon and the Christmas Mitten by Helen Recorvits, Christmas in Canada: a Celebration of stories form Past to Present by Canadian author Rick Book, the dual language book Uno Dos Tres posada: Let’s Celebrate Christmas by Virginia Kroll, and Le Noel de Petunia by Jean Little.

We also have a number of Kwanzaa children’s books, Kwanzaa by Marc Tyler Nobleman, and Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney highlight the week-long celebration.

Coming up next weekend is the winter solstice; learn all about the shortest day of the year through the beautifully illustrated The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer.

Though Hanukkah this year has ended, Wendy Wax’s Hanukkah, oh, Hanukkah!: a treasury of stories, songs and games to share will help you prepare for next year. Wax’s treasury holds Hanukkah poems and stories, accompanied by beautiful water colour paintings. Feast of Lights by Ellen Jaffe emphasizes the importance of family love and explores the main character’s cultural heritage and the history of Hanukka.

We also have two activity kits featured in the display, the Hanukkah Celebration Box and the Kwanzaa Celebration Box, which are great introductory resources on the respective holidays. Each include a book describing the origins of the holiday, as well as everything you need to follow along with the holiday traditions.

Finally if you’re looking for something wintry to help teach about any of these holidays, we have several puppets, like the display cabinet’s penguin, that can also be borrowed from the library!

Come see the staff at the OISE Service desk to take out or look at any of the items in the display cabinet.

Happy Holidays!

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