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By deewin on December 16, 2013
Are you struggling with a particular feature(s) of Connect, want a quick recap or just need to discuss the structure of your course materials? Do you have questions about copyright or need help creating your course reserves lists? If yes, come to the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology’s all day drop-in – talk to the specialists […]
By epederso on December 13, 2013
All-girls schools may be more orderly, but they are also bastions of strict conformity in which non-feminine behaviour is ruthlessly stamped out, according to a Concordia University study that may have implications in the ongoing push for single-sex education in Canadian schools. Read the National Post article here: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/11/all-girls-schools-may-be-more-orderly-but-theyre-no-place-for-a-tomboy-canadian-study-finds/
By epederso on December 13, 2013
“As education budgets grow tighter, teachers across the country are turning to a new crowdsourcing website to purchase school supplies for their students. The website — myclassneeds.ca — was launched just a few months ago, and has since raised thousands of dollars to pay for more than 200 projects in publicly-funded classrooms. After submitting a […]
By epederso on December 10, 2013
Interesting Slate podcast on education. “Can watching lectures at home and doing homework in school improve high school learning?” http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/education/2013/12/schooled_podcast_the_flipped_classroom.html
By deewin on December 5, 2013
Robyn Urback, columnist for the National Post argues that math isn’t hard, but teaching it is. Click here to read the article.
By epederso on December 5, 2013
Research Commons Holiday Hours: Closed from December 14th to January 5th! The Research Commons will be closed for holidays from Saturday December 14th 2013 to Sunday January 5th 2014. This includes workshops, in-person consultation services, and email or phone consultations. Reminder: The upcoming Grad Studies thesis submission deadline is January 3, 2014. If you would […]
By deewin on December 4, 2013
Moira MacDonald takes a look at productive failure in this article published by University Affairs. Please click here to read the article.
By deewin on December 2, 2013
At Cindrich elementary school in Surrey, B.C., 10-year-old boys are putting themselves to bed earlier, an enthusiastic girl in Grade 6 takes herself for a run when she’s feeling hyper, and a diminutive boy who is still learning English tells his teacher he will do better work if he sits on a special cushion. It is all […]