my education

Early Childhood Education 1988

Associate of Arts Degree 2007

Human Service Diploma 2010

Child & Youth Care Degree 2019

Masters of Education in Early Childhood Education  2023

my courses

university of British Columbia masters of eduction in early childhood

ECED 420 2021S1-2 History of Early Childhood Education. 

Dr. Iris Berger 

ECED 500 61E- 2020W Research Methodology in Education. 

Dr. Vaughan Marshall 

ECED 508 62B-2020W Review of Research in Early Childhood Education 

Dr. Matthew Waugh 

ECED 530B 97B-2021S1-2 Early Childhood Development, Intervention, and Inclusion in Early Childhood Programs 

Dr.  Lara El Khatib

ECED 531 Supporting Young Children’s Social Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Programs 

Dr. Molly Law 

ECED 585E 61B-2021-W1 Advanced Seminar on Research in Early Childhood Education 

Dr. Angelpreet Singh

EDCP 508A 941 2021S1 Research in Curriculum and Pedagogy: (Un)scripting Childhoods 

Dr. Keenan Harper  

LLED 556 2022W Theory and Research in Early Literacy  

Dr. Melanie Wong 

LLED 565Y 2022S-1  Place-Based Literacies 

Drs. Iris Berger & Melanie Wong 

ECED 585F 61B 2022W1 Advanced Seminar on Research in Early Childhood Education 

Dr. Koichi Haseyama 

ECED 590E 2023W Graduating Project

Drs. Iris Berger & Carol Burbee; and Negar Khodarahmi

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