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The Personalized Learning Movement
See Tiffany Poirier’s website about The Personalized Learning Movement: an new approach for teaching and enriching students’ learning experience.
Philosophy of Personalized Learning here.
Tiffany Poirier is an award-winning teacher, published children’s book author-illustrator and educational writer, with areas of specialty in gifted education, philosophy for children, and creativity. Sought after as a curriculum designer, speaker and staff developer, Tiffany has led numerous well-attended workshops and speaking engagements, including a presentation at an international conference.
She was named as an exceptional alumnus by both of the universities from which she holds degrees, with her unique teaching contributions written about on the UBC Education website and in the UVic alumni magazine. Tiffany joined the teaching profession in 2006.
~text from The Personalized Learning website.
UBC Library Holdings Information of Tiffany’s children’s book here.
Education News Update from The Tyee
The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) has announced DeDe DeRose’s appointment as the province’s first Superintendent of Aboriginal Achievement.
By Katie Hyslop June 11, 2012 12:51 pm
Full Tyee article here.
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This Just In: Award Winning Novel at the Education Library
“Patrick Ness’s novel A Monster Calls has won both the prestigious Carnegie Medal and its sister prize for illustration for the first time in the awards’ history.”
~from the BBC News Website. Read full article here.
Publisher information and discussion guides here.
UBC Library Holdings information here.
Education News Update: Supplementary Education in B.C.
Read The Vancouver Sun’s article about innovative enriched education for young students in British Columbia. Full article here.
By Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun June 5, 2012
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