Dr. Nancy Pelaez receives Barrows Teacher Award from McMaster University

11-21-2014

The McMaster University Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons) Program in Hamilton, Ontario, established the Howard Barrows Teacher Award to honour the memory of an outstanding educator. After Dr. Nancy Pelaez was granted this award for 2014, she was invited to visit McMaster University November 11-13. Part of the visit involved presiding over a panel discussion where undergraduate students and faculty debated over the issue of barriers to learning by comparing their different answers to this prompt: Students would be better learners if only....