Masha Etkind

Masha Etkind is professor in the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University. She teaches design, theory and history of architecture. Her work and recent research focus on heritage conservation, language and roots of living architecture, as well as on Pedagogy for Conceptual Thinking in architectural education. Etkind received a professional degree in architecture from St. Petersburg University of Architecture and Engineering, and Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto. Etkind is member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Publications

Pedagogy for Conceptual Thinking and Meaning Equivalence: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Pedagogy for Conceptual Thinking and Meaning Equivalence: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Masha Etkind, Uri Shafrir. © 2020. 154 pages.
Research in neuroscience and brain imaging show that exposure of learners to multi-semiotic problems enhance cognitive control of inter-hemispheric attentional processing in the...
High Order of Conceptual Thinking: Find the Equivalence of Meaning
High Order of Conceptual Thinking: Find the Equivalence of Meaning
Masha Etkind. © 2020. 21 pages.
This chapter describe a novel pedagogy for conceptual thinking and peer cooperation with meaning equivalence reusable learning objects (MERLO) that enhances higher-order...
Enhancing Conceptual Thinking With Interactive Concept Discovery (INCOD)
Enhancing Conceptual Thinking With Interactive Concept Discovery (INCOD)
Masha Etkinda, Uri Shafrir. © 2020. 7 pages.
Interactive concept discovery (InCoD), based on concept parsing algorithms (CPA), is a novel learning tool in the context of pedagogy for conceptual thinking. It supports...
Concept Parsing Algorithms (CPA) for Textual Analysis and Discovery: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Concept Parsing Algorithms (CPA) for Textual Analysis and Discovery: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Uri Shafrir, Masha Etkind. © 2018. 139 pages.
Text analysis tools aid in extracting meaning from digital content. As digital text becomes more and more complex, new techniques are needed to understand conceptual structure....
Learning in the Digital Age with Meaning Equivalence Reusable Learning Objects (MERLO)
Learning in the Digital Age with Meaning Equivalence Reusable Learning Objects (MERLO)
Masha Etkind, Ron S. Kenett, Uri Shafrir. © 2016. 24 pages.
In this chapter we describe a novel pedagogy for conceptual thinking and peer cooperation with Meaning Equivalence Reusable Learning Objects (MERLO) that enhances higher-order...
eLearning Tools for ePortfolios
eLearning Tools for ePortfolios
Uri Shafrir, Masha Etkind, Jutta Treviranus. © 2006. 11 pages.
This chapter describes eLearning tools that focus the learner’s attention on meaning, rather than rote learning of text and rehearsing problem-solving procedures. These tools are...