Zuzana Vasko

Lecturer, Simon Fraser University

Arts education, Arts-based environmental education, Aesthetic education, Writing and visual arts, Cultural aspects of the environmental crisis, Nature as teacher, Ecology close to home

Media

Well-being in Teaching & Learning | Social Connection: Zuzana Vasko

Zuzana Vasko (Faculty of Education) presents “Positive Openings: Considering the Whole Person, Presence of Mind and Social Connection when Class Begins.”

A lightning talk from the Building Connections: Well-being in Teaching and Learning event held on March 7, 2017, at Simon Fraser University.

Building Connections was hosted by SFU’s Teaching and Learning Centre, SFU Health Promotion, and the SFU Faculty Association.

Biography

Zuzana Vasko teaches with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, and with the Department of Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts (IDEA) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Her research explores how creative engagement can bring us closer to the natural ecologies close to home. She is a practicing artist whose work considers human connections with the natural world.

Expertise

  • Arts education
  • Arts-based environmental education
  • Aesthetic education
  • Writing and visual arts
  • Cultural aspects of the environmental crisis
  • Nature as teacher
  • Ecology close to home