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THIS JUST IN: New Book at Education Library
Connecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions “Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don’t experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past […]
Principals and vice-principals to administer provincial tests during teachers’ job action
Vancouver Sun January 11, 2012 Provincewide tests of reading, writing and math will proceed as planned in B.C. elementary schools next week, with principals and vice-principals reluctantly taking on the work that’s usually performed by teachers. The B.C. Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association asked government to cancel this year’s Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA), which is administered […]
B.C. education newsmakers in 2011
The Vancouver Sun January 2, 2012. 3:01 pm • Section: Report Card, STAFF My picks for the top newsmakers in B.C. education 2011: 1. George Abbott. Re-appointed education minister in March, Abbott received a surprisingly warm reception from all stakeholder groups, including the BCTF. But relations with the union have cooled since then as a result […]
Happy 2012 Open Access Movement! December 31, 2011 Dramatic Growth of Open Access
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011 Imagine a world where anyone can instantly access all of the world’s scholarly knowledge – as profound a change as the invention of the printing press. Technically, this is within reach. All that is needed is a little imagination, to reconsider the economics of scholarly communications from a poetic viewpoint. Highlights […]
A Great Quote from Eric Burns
“The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base, a board room, a war room, an […]
Aboriginal culture focus of second agreement in Delta
5:00 PM 01/10/2012 DELTA – A feast was held today to celebrate the signing of a second Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement (AEEA) for Delta, with partners committing to support Aboriginal student success and bring a greater awareness of Aboriginal culture and history to all students. Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreements are a commitment by school districts, […]
Vancouver forum on child poverty: Jan. 25th
The Vancouver Sun January 11, 2012. 2:59 pm • Section: Report Card A second public forum on child poverty will be held in Vancouver this month to discuss B.C.’s dismal performance on this front. It’s a continuation of a discussion sparked in September by Seymour teacher Carrie Gelson when she wrote an open letter to […]
THIS JUST IN: New Book at Education Library
Writing Power: Teaching Writing Strategies that Engage Thinking “Writing Power shows teachers how to encourage students to consider the reader’s thinking as they write. The book is organized around five thinking strategies — Connect, Question, Visualize, Infer, and Transform. Lessons based on these strategies illustrate how students can engage and invite their readers’ thinking through […]
Education Through the Looking Glass
BCTF Teacher Newsmagazine: Volume 24, Number 3, November/December 2011 Like lambs to the slaughter: The erosion of the cultured citizen By Sean M. Douglas “I have never let school interfere with my education” wrote Mark Twain as he considered his own understanding of the world; but how long before someone holds a mirror up to public […]
B.C. College of Teachers is No More
The Vancouver Sun January 9, 2012. 3:41 pm • Section: Report Card, STAFF The B.C. College of Teachers is now history, and a new teacher regulation branch of government opened its doors Monday. Find its website here. The branch has issued a call for nominations of teachers from five regions to serve as members of a new 15-member B.C. […]