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Poh Tan

Non-Regular Faculty

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Education:

BSc, Experimental Medicine
PhD, Experimental Medicine
PhD, Science Education

Bio

Dr. Poh Tan holds a PhD in Experimental Medicine from UBC and a second PhD in Educational Theory and Practice from SFU. Her work emphasizes the relationships between science and art for teaching and learning. She is the founder and CEO of STEMedge Inc., advising on STEM educational strategies, a two-time TEDx speaker, a Canadian delegate to the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, a volunteer at Science World and a research fellow at the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association.

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Research Interests

With a background in stem cell biology and experimental medicine combined with a deep understanding of pedagogy and curriculum in science education in the arts, her primary research interest is in decentering dominant ways of teaching and learning science in the classroom through other teaching frameworks. Specifically, Poh is interested in weaving arts and science with Indigenous and Western science.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Social Science SOCS 300 26/SU

Description

This course offers the opportunity to study a specific discipline in the social sciences. Through a study of selected issues, which will change from time to time, students will gain a better understanding of contemporary social and cultural theories and the methods of analysis in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, or women's studies, especially as they relate to critical issues in art and design.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.