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educational change

Ontario Education: What are the issues?

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I was an educator in the Ontario public school system for over 33 years.  I have experience of …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, being an educator, education, educational change, making a difference, philosophy of education, potential, taking charge

The Challenges of Being an Educator Now

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  It’s the beginning of a new school year and I’m remembering.  I’m remembering all of the …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Our World, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, assessment, being an educator, capacity, choice, education, educational change, making a difference, philosophy of education, potential, teaching special needs learners, working with special needs learners

Education and Success

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    We’ve bought into the idea that education is about training and “success”, …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Our World, Teaching Tagged With: author-ity, being an educator, capacity, creativity, education, educational change, making a difference, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, success, taking charge, teacher resources

Supporting Exceptional Learners — An Individual Education Plan

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    When I started teaching, learning about an Individual Education Plan [IEP] …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: being an educator, capacity, education, educational change, Individual Education Plan, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, teacher resources, teaching special needs learners, working with special needs learners

Forget What You Know — my response to Jacob Barnett’s TED Talk

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Thinking on Dock

Stop learning and start thinking. I love listening to CBC Radio. Last week, as I was driving who …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being an educator, being true to self, capacity, choice, creativity, education, educational change, imagination, learning new lessons, peronsal truth, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge, teacher resources

A Retired Teacher’s Credo – Advice to Those Coming into the Profession

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Know Thyself Quote by Socrates

I now celebrate all of my life ... I am and will always be an educator.  For over 33 years, I …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: author-ity, being true to self, capacity, education, educational change, peronsal truth, resourcefulness

10 Ways Schools are Making Children Stupid and Depressed — My Thoughts

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Girl leaning head on wall discouraged

Recently, I read 10 Ways Schools are Making Children Stupid and Depressed which was shared by a …

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Filed Under: Choices, Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: authenticity, author-ity, capacity, choice, creativity, education, educational change, making a difference, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge

Inviting School Success — a Review

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Inviting School Success Wm. W Purkey ISBN 13: 9780534028916 Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, …

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, capacity, choice, dealing with physical pain, educational change, learning new lessons, personal truth, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, taking charge, teacher resources, trust

Thoughts on Being Compliant and Complacent

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Recently, when I thought about being expected to be complacent, I started laughing which turned …

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Filed Under: Choices, Personal Growth and Self-discovery Tagged With: accountability, authenticity, author-ity, being true to self, capacity, choice, complacent, Compliant, creating space, educational change, expressing spirit, learning new lessons, letting go, making a difference, personal dignity, potential, self-healing, trust

On Choosing to Become a Teacher — my thoughts on getting hired

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As I read Sachin Maharaj’s op ed piece: “We are wasting our young teaching talent”, I reflected on …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: becoming a teacher, being an educator, education, educational change, philosophy of education, potential, Regulation 274

A Different Choice for Student Assessment

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As I prepared to write this companion piece to my thoughts on ‘The Exam Question’ – one on …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, alternative assessment, alternatives, assessment, being an educator, capacity, choice, education, educational change, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, student assessment, summative assessment

The Exam Question — My Thoughts

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An article titled ‘The Exam Question’ was published in the Ottawa Citizen on January 9, 2016. It was …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, education, educational change, exams, philosophy of education, summative assessment

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