After teaching in Brazilian high schools and universities for 10 years, I immigrated to Canada. I have taught at Vanier College since 2000, and I teach in both the Liberal Arts and Science programs. To complement my doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry,...More
After teaching in Brazilian high schools and universities for 10 years, I immigrated to Canada. I have taught at Vanier College since 2000, and I teach in both the Liberal Arts and Science programs. To complement my doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry, this summer I completed an MEd in College Education from the University of Sherbrooke. I was inspired by the ideas of the Imaginative Education Research Group from Simon Fraser University and by the works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Ken Robinson to explore the use of creativity and imagination through assessments based on visual arts. The Art & Science Project started in 2009 and uses a cross-disciplinary integration between visual arts and the natural sciences to promote a deeper understanding of the role of models in chemistry by enhancing student engagement, sparking curiosity, and conveying an emotional significance to the material. This pedagogical approach has been presented at both local and international conferences, in journal articles, and on the website of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The work has caught the attention of departments of education at universities in both Canada and Germany and continues to evolve through fruitful partnerships and collaborations with them and others. The work has been recognized through awards such as the 2018 Beaumier Award for HighSchool/CÉGEP Chemistry Teacher from the Chemical Institue of Canada, a 2017-2018 Honourable Mention of the Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Education from the Education Canada Network, a 2017 Honourable Mention of the Association Québécoise de Pédagogie Collégiale, and the 2016 Vanier College Teaching Excellence Award.
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The Arts in Society
Perry James
