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By deewin on October 10, 2012
Globally, there is an effort to end the double discrimination of gender and age experienced by girls. Click here to read the full article in the Vancouver Sun, written by Daphne Bramham.
By deewin on October 10, 2012
October is International Walk to School Month and two Vancouver elementary schools are celebrating by participating in Beat the Street, a competition that challenges students to walk the most miles. Click here to read the full Vancouver Sun article, written by Daphne Bramham.
By deewin on October 3, 2012
This Huffington Post-Education article features Deanna Jump, a kindergarten teacher in Macon, Georgia who became a millionaire by selling her lesson plans on TeachersPayTeachers.com.
By deewin on October 1, 2012
The Graduate Research Commons FIRE (Facilitated Interdisciplinary Research Exchange) Talk explores ways to help graduate researchers extend the influence of their research beyond their own disciplines, faculties and even beyond the confines of academia. Contribute your ideas, thoughts, anecdotes, concerns and hopes about developing the potential of academic researchers to contribute to an audience beyond […]
By deewin on September 27, 2012
The Class (Entre les murs) is an award-winning film directed by Lauren Cantet. It’s set in a tough school in Paris and highlight’s one teacher’s experiences teaching French language and literature. Come to the Education Library to borrow it (PN 1997.2.C 5784 2009 dvd) and be sure to let us know what you think about it!
By deewin on September 24, 2012
It’s being described as a watershed moment in B.C. education. Six school districts have embarked on a project that views self-regulation as the key to addressing the mental, physical and psychological diversity in classrooms that sometimes disrupts learning and creates a stressful environment for teachers. Leaders in those districts have embraced the philosophy of York […]
By Jenn on September 24, 2012
You are cordially invited to re-imagine the role of libraries – specifically the Education Library, First Nations House of Learning Xwi7xwa Library, and more broadly, school libraries will be examined. The re-imagined teacher education program has inspired revision in the role Education librarians play to respectfully and meaningfully integrate First Nations history, content, and world-views; […]
By Jenn on September 21, 2012
Your one stop shop for field trip information! Date: Monday, October 1, 2012, 3:00 – 6:00pm (arrive when you can) Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden – 5251 Oak Street, Vancouver BC Meet the educators from over 50 field trip sites Opportunities to win a free field trip for your class Bus bursaries for charter transportation Refreshments for pre-registered […]
By Jenn on September 20, 2012
The conference program features a range of sessions that will interest teacher-librarians and educators from all levels, and anyone interested in improving their teaching skills in literacy (e.g. visual, critical, etc.), research, and technology. Please contact Heather Daly if you have questions: hdaly@sd43.bc.ca or 604-937-6380. Keynotes include: Dr. David Loertscher, San José State University School of Library & Information Science […]
By Jenn on September 18, 2012
Open Education has come of age. The tiny movement that began in the late 1990s as a desire to increase access to educational opportunity has blossomed into requirements in national grant programs, key strategies in state legislatures and offices of education, content sharing initiatives at hundreds of universities and high schools, and a wide range […]