Lorin Yochim, PhD, MEd, BEd
Contact
Assistant Lecturer & Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Faculty of Education - Educational Policy Studies Dept
- lyochim@ualberta.ca
Courses
EDPS 410 - Ethics and Law in Teaching
This course will examine the ethical and legal responsibilities of teachers. Among the topics addressed will be the following: punishment and child abuse; freedom of speech and academic freedom in schools; parents' rights and teachers' professional autonomy; issues of quality such as inclusive education and the problems of racism and sexism; fairness in assessment and evaluation; teachers' private lives and public obligations; indoctrination and the teaching of value. It is recommended that students take EDU 100 (EDU 300 for After Degree students), 210, and 211 prior to taking this course. Restricted to third, and fourth year Education students. May contain alternative delivery sections; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.
EDU 211 - Aboriginal Education and Contexts for Professional and Personal Engagement
In this course, preservice teachers will continue to develop knowledge of Aboriginal peoples' histories, educational experiences, and knowledge systems, ways of knowing and being and will further develop an understanding of the implications of this knowledge to the professional roles and obligations for teachers. Students will engage in a learning process of self-and-other awareness, and will be supported by Indigenous educators, Faculty members and Elders. Prerequisite: EDU 100 or pre/corequisite EDU 300 (After Degree students). [Department of Educational Policy Studies]
Featured Publications
Yan Guo, Shibao Guo, Lorin Yochim, Xiaoli Liu
Journal of Studies in International Education. 2022 September; 10.1177/1028315321990745
Servage, Laura A., Yochim, Lorin G.
2020 January; 10.1163/25902539-02040011
Alison Taylor, Lorin Yochim, Milosh Raykov
Journal of Experiential Education. 2019 December; 10.1177/1053825919863452
G. Yochim, Lorin
2019 January; 10.1163/9789004381261
International Journal of Chinese Education. 2017 January; 10.1163/22125868-12340083
Spotlight on China: Changes in Education Under china's Market Economy. 2016 January;
Yochim, Lorin
2016 January; 10.1007/978-94-6209-881-7_20
2014 January;
University of Alberta Libraries. 2014 January; 10.7939/r3dt17
Yochim, Lorin G
2013 January;
Yochim, Lorin G
2012 January;
Learning and the “circuit of culture”: A cultural exploration and reflection on the university as a work site
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. 2011 January;
African-Canadian Students, Identity and Diaspora Literacy
Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education. 2009 January;
Community Service-Learning Resource Base: CANADIAN CSL STUDIES
education. 2009 January;
The decline of the myopic American imperial project, the ‘Great Experiment’for education, and a conversation beyond the boundaries
Globalisation, Societies and Education. 2008 January;
A vocation of the heart: Reflections on teaching in contemporary China
2007 January;
Hindsight hermeneutics: Critical reflections on research with middle school teachers in mainland China
2006 January;
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