On the other hand is the language of the lived curriculum, the more poetic, phenomenological and hermeneutic discourse in which life is embodied in the very stories and languages people speak and live.
Ted Aoki
Part of teaching is helping people create themselves.
Maxine Greene
Getting started, keeping going, getting started again—in art and in life it seems to me this the essential rhythm not only of achievement but of survival.
Seamus Heaney
Areas of Expertise
- Supporting international students in the higher education classroom
- Community-engaged teaching and learning
- Scholarly inquiry into teaching practice (the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
- Effective methods of assessment and evaluation
Selected Research
Bortolin, K.M. & Starr, L.J., (in press). Going in and coming out: Understanding ourselves as Mama Scholars. In C. DeRoche & E. Berger (Eds), The Parent Track: Timing, Balance and Choice within Academia. Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Paskvicious, M., & Bortolin, K. (2015). Blending our practice: using online and face-to-face methods to sustain community among faculty in an extended length professional development program. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. October, 2015.
Bortolin, K. (2013). Community - based learning in teacher education: Toward a situated understanding of ESL learners (Doctoral Dissertation).
Bortolin, K. (2011). Serving ourselves: How the discourse on community-based engagement privileges the university over the community. The Michigan Journal of Community, Service Learning, 18(1).
Selected Presentations
Bortolin, K. (2014). The off-campus classroom: Transforming learning experiences through community partnerships. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) (Conference Presentation)
Bortolin, K. & Golparian, S. (2014). Collaborating across institutions: Crossing borders in educational development. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) (Conference Presentation)
Bortolin, K. & Paskevicius, M. (2014). Reflections on using a blended format to design a new faculty scholars program. Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) (Conference Presentation)
Bortolin, K., McFadgen, L., Hood, R.J., Reed, T.J., & Hendricks, M. (2014). Collaborating for collective impact: Community-engaged teaching, learning and research partnerships. CUVic:Beyond Engagement (Conference Presentation)