2019 IOP Conference Archive

IOP 2019 Conference Theme: Being in the World as an Educator

Teaching is demanding and complex work, made more difficult if we try to do it in isolation or without sharing and exploring our understandings together. In order to better understand and improve our practice, many of us engage in classroom, program or institution-based investigations focusing on the what, the how and the why of our practice.

On May 4, 2019, UBC hosts the 22st Annual IOP Conference where practicing teachers, university educators, graduate students and student teachers from different educational contexts (schools, universities and colleges) come together to share their questions, investigations and understandings about their practice.

The IOP conference stresses dialogue among participants; presentations are intended to provoke and inform discussion. These exchanges typically fall within the following areas of inquiry:

• the preparation of practitioners
• the ongoing education of practitioners
• the focus on classroom practice
• the context of practice (e.g., social, political and cultural analysis of practice)
• researching practice (e.g., teacher inquiry/action research)

2019 Sub-Themes:

• Assessment and reporting practices
• Practicing teacher research
• New curriculum practices
• Inquiry as a method of teaching
• Inclusive education practices
• Including Indigenous education practices
• Mentoring practices
• Social and emotional learning 
• Mental health 
• Student Learning
• Teacher learning

This annual conference is offered by UBC Faculty of Education and the BC Teachers’ Federation.

Join us for the 22st annual IOP Conference!

IOP Decorum:

We’d like to highlight the following to reminders for all IOP Participants:

• Arrive early or on time for all sessions, particularly after the poster presentation and nutrition breaks.
• Stay for the full session, it’s important to encourage and support all presenters!