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Working Effectively with Special Needs Learners

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Thoughts and Issues There are three things that it takes to work effectively with special needs …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Our World, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: being an educator, choice, education, learning new lessons, making a difference, philosophy of education, teacher resources, teaching special needs learners, working with special needs learners

Living in the Blue Nowhere: the perils of information technology

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I remember when I was young watching one of my sisters and her best friend play with dolls at our …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: creativity, education, imagination, information technology, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, resourcefulness

The Story of My Life as a Beginning English Teacher

by Jean Winter / 4 Comments

This particular event in my teaching career occured many years ago.  I had been a high school music …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: education, educational change, hoarding, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness

The Importance of the Arts

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As budgets get tighter and school boards have to decide where to spend their money, one of the first …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Music and the Arts, Resources, Singing and Music, Teaching Tagged With: arts, creativity, education, philosophy of education

Everyone can sing.

by Jean Winter / 7 Comments

I cannot imagine my life without music in it.  My father loved orchestral music and my mother was an …

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Filed Under: Music and the Arts, Personal Growth and Self-discovery, Singing and Music Tagged With: arts, creativity, education, philosophy of education, potential

The Liability of Labels

by Jean Winter / 4 Comments

Recently, I had a discussion with a friend about her concerns for her oldest child.  Her child is 9 …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: education, educational change, philosophy of education, potential, teaching special needs learners, working with special needs learners

‘The Big Picture’ — a review

by Jean Winter / 2 Comments

The Big Picture Education is Everyone’s Business  Dennis Littky with Samantha Grabelle   ASCD …

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: choice, education, educational change, imagination, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential, resourcefulness, teacher resources

What I Learned About Teaching From My Teachers

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I was an educator in the Ontario Public School System for over 33 years. Over the course of my …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: being an educator, capacity, choice, creativity, education, educational change, learning new lessons, philosophy of education

Teaching By the Numbers

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  There are those who argue that teaching is about measurable outcomes -- numbers to record: credits …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: authenticity, being an educator, being true to self, education, educational change, philosophy of education, potential

Education and the Business Model

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The Director of my board (a few directors ago) made it very clear that all teachers were employees …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, being an educator, choice, education, educational change, learning new lessons, philosophy of education, potential

A comment on the case of teacher Lynden Dorval

by Jean Winter / 30 Comments

On June 1, 2012, ‘As It Happens’ on CBC Radio One reported on the case of Lynden Dorval, a teacher …

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Filed Under: Education Issues and Comments, Resources, Teaching Tagged With: accountability, assessment, being true to self, education, making a difference, peronsal truth, philosophy of education, potential

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