Department of Curriculum / en Shelley Stagg Peterson recognized with President's Impact Award /celebrates/shelley-stagg-peterson-recognized-president-s-impact-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Shelley Stagg Peterson recognized with President's Impact Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-03-31T15:33:48-04:00" title="Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 15:33" class="datetime">Wed, 03/31/2021 - 15:33</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/president-s-impact-award" hreflang="en">President's Impact Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-curriculum" hreflang="en">Department of Curriculum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/teaching-and-learning" hreflang="en">Teaching and Learning</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/StaggPeterson_photo-horz.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Shelley Stagg Peterson"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For her ground-breaking work on children’s literacy learning in remote northern Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, Professor <strong>Shelley Stagg Peterson</strong> of the şüŔęĘÓƵ’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has received a President’s Impact Award.</p> <p>Stagg Peterson’s innovative partnerships and collaborative action research with educators, families and communities, have changed the way students are taught – and led to better educational outcomes for young children.</p> <p>“Language and literacy are foundational to children’s learning in school and beyond, yet traditional teaching methods have been unsuccessful in providing the needed foundation to all children,” Stagg Peterson says. “The <a href="https://now-play.org/">Northern Oral language and Writing through Play</a> (NOW Play) project has shown that play/experiential-based teaching and assessment focusing on oral language and writing are effective in enhancing young children’s literacy.”</p> <p>But access to ongoing and effective professional learning, “which is strongly correlated with improved teaching that leads to enhanced student learning,” is limited in remote communities, Stagg Peterson says.</p> <p>“This award will fund community- and teacher-led collaborative action research on innovative approaches to support Indigenous children’s ancestral language, cultural and literacy learning, while at the same time enriching the professional learning of remote northern Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers and early childhood educators.”</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-researcher-works-local-communities-boost-play-based-learning-canada-s-north">Read more about NOW Play and Stagg Peterson</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:33:48 +0000 lanthierj 168933 at