Faculty of Kinesiology

Ken Seaman’s passion for teaching is evident in conversations with him.

Students will also attest to the passion Ken brings to the classroom and will always speak highly of the learning experiences that they have in all courses taught by Ken. Ken’s passion involves bringing experiential learning into the classroom at all levels. Students are encouraged to gain hand-on skills, and also learn the theory of why and when using those skills would be appropriate. Students are often asked to reflect on their experiences in the classroom and determine how they can use these learning experiences to make changes if they were to encounter the same situation in the future.

Ken has taken on a major leadership role with regards to teaching in our Faculty. Ken is always willing to discuss ways to improve teaching with any faculty member, and has been a resource in this regard for a number of individuals within our Faculty. Ken extended this passion to the University level while on sabbatical during the 2017-2018 academic year by joining the Teaching Resource Network (TRN).

From his role in the TRN, Ken extended this group to the faculty level by initiating the Kinesiology Teaching Excellence Network (Kin-TEN) to discuss topics related to teaching, and has been beneficial to “download” items discussed at the TRN to the Faculty level.
Ken has done a lot of work to advance the teaching in our Faculty. With the announcement that the Faculty of Kinesiology would have a new building, Ken was an instrumental member in discussing the teaching needs of our Faculty, and what resources should be included in the building. The teaching labs that are present in the building are second to none, and Ken had a tremendous input in the design and decisions about what equipment should be included in these labs. Ken served as a member of the Faculty of Kinesiology’s Undergraduate Committee for a number of years, and has had a tremendous impact on the curriculum of our Faculty’s programs through these roles.

The most inspirational thing about Ken’s leadership with teaching is that he is always striving to make improvements. Ken will often take a course that by all accounts went extremely well and integrate new material and new experiences for the students, which it turns out makes the course even stronger. Ken is never satisfied with the status-quo and is always trying to improve teaching at UNB, whether that is in his own classes, with colleagues in his Faculty through informal discussions or the Kin-TEN, or at the University level through the TRN and the Talking about Teaching Groups, or being a consistent presence at CETL events.