Ruxandra Filip
Ruxandra Filip is a PhD student in School and Clinical Child Psychology Program at OISE. She previously worked as a primary teacher at the International School of Brussels after having studied children’s cognitive development and primary-junior education in the Concurrent Education program at Queen’s University. Ruxandra’s research explores how educators can balance the direct instruction of early literacy skills (e.g., phonological awareness, phonics) with play-based learning approaches in kindergarten classrooms. Her work seeks to bridge the gap between educational research and classroom practice through the development of training materials for educators. Ruxandra’s master’s research was funded by a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.