Recently, if you’ve been following Royan Lee (@royanlee) on Twitter, you’ve had a glimpse of what his classroom will look like in a couple of weeks when school resumes. … More
Reflections on Teacher Education
As a relatively recent graduate from what we informally call Teachers’ College (six years ago) and a current graduate student, the notion of initial teacher education and its reform weighs heavily on my mind.… More
New Topic For Discussion: Teacher Education in Canada
I would like to pose a different type of back to school topic to which some of our voicEd.ca authors and readers might like to turn their attention. This is the time of the year when much of the mainstream media will be ramping up their education-related coverage by tackling some of the familiar “September” songs: back-to-school anxiety, purchasing school supplies, the kindergarten experience, high school transition, back-to-school lunches and the like.… More
Digital Learning: Why has Dr. Michael Fullan Gone into the Stratosphere?
Leading Canadian school change theorist Michael Fullan has, until recently, remained curiously silent on the 21st century digital learning movement. His 1982 book, The Meaning of Educational Change, put him on the map as an expert on “school change management”, but his strategies tended to be “top-down” and focused inside the system. … More
Canadian Education: Part of my Past, Present and Future as an Educator
Vicky in kindergarten!
I am going to tell you a story first.
I was born in Mississauga, to parents who immigrated from Greece when they were very young. I remember a lot of things from my life there.
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The Teenage Teacher
In a previous post I wrote that I had landed a teaching job in Colgan, Ontario at age 19. You might be wondering how it was possible for a 19 year old to be a qualified teacher in Ontario.… More
In Praise of the Teachable Moment
Stephen Hurley posted a piece about “Teachable Moments” in a recent “Teaching Out Loud” blog. The subject was far too serious for me to respond in kind with a teachable moment experience of my own.… More
A Colours Project
This, cross-posted from doug — off the record. I’m sharing this post from my blog this morning with a little additional commentary. We talk, and we read, about collaboration and collaborative efforts all the time. … More
