Graphic novels are a rapidly expanding medium among youth, praised for their capacity to integrate concise text with compelling visual narratives. Many students hold misconceptions about microorganisms, often perceiving them as harmful due to limited coverage in the BC curriculum and portrayal in the media. Teaching children early about the beneficial, neutral, and harmful roles…
Through this poster we intended to share a research project about how adults with non-normative body sizes experience beauty standards. We began by interviewing six adults from diverse racial, cultural, and gender backgrounds. Their experiences reveal how body size influences self-esteem, belonging, and participation in classrooms, workplaces, and communities. From these interviews, seven key themes…
Highlighting how the “lightbulb” moments from a culturally integrative process may assist in the development of students to become community minded and globally conscious through empowerment and experiential learning.
In Computer Science courses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), students often struggle to shift their mindset from technical details to essential topics in the field: Cognition, Emotion, and Social Interaction. Furthermore, standard textbooks often lack the depth required for students to grasp the empirical evidence behind these concepts. This poster introduces a “Collaborative Literature-to-Practice” framework designed…
The study of nutrition is essential for the dental hygiene program. Although providing dietary counseling in a dental setting is strongly recommended, dental hygienists do not always proactively offer dietary advice for various reasons, including perceived nutrition knowledge gaps. Studying nutrition often involves rote memorization of facts, which places a cognitive load on students and…
