Master Teacher Award Goes to Curriculum Studies Professor Jack Hope

Posted October 26, 2001


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 26, 2001 2001-10-17-OTHER

Master Teacher Award Goes to
Curriculum Studies Professor Jack Hope

The University of Saskatchewan will honour excellence in teaching by
presenting Professor Jack Hope with the Master Teacher Award.

The Master Teaching Award was established to emphasize the importance of
teaching at the University of Saskatchewan by recognizing those faculty
members who excel in teaching. The award is presented at Convocation and
includes a $1000 prize.

Professor Hope is currently teaching Curriculum Studies in the College of
Education. He has three degrees, all from the University of British
Columbia, his B.Sc. in 1965, his M.A. in 1972 and his Ed.D. in Mathematics
Education in 1984. Hope was appointed to the U of S faculty of the College
of Education in 1972 and promoted to full professor in 1987.

Professor Hope served as Head of the Department of Curriculum Studies from
1987-91. His areas of research interest include mathematics education,
early learning in mathematics, numeracy, number sense and mental
calculation, and curriculum and teacher resource development. He teaches
methods and content in the teaching of K-12 mathematics and has a special
interest in teaching students in the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP)
and the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP).

The co-author of a number of textbooks for mathematics education, Professor
Hope has also given over 200 presentations at conferences and in-service
sessions since the late 1970s.

Professor Hope will receive the Master Teacher Award at the Fall Convocation
ceremony on Saturday, October 27 at 9:00 a.m.

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For more information please contact:

Professor Jack Hope
Curriculum Studies
College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-7586