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Currently, I am research techniques for instructors to get feedback on their teaching. I am creating a digital project, to be released on the blog in the next 2 weeks, about Peer Coaching. In my research for this project, I have stumbled across this article. Take a look! There are great techniques we can useContinue reading “Getting Feedback”

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About the Industry As a teacher in BC, recently, you may have you found yourself asking:Why are so many schools talking about regulation? Why have there been staff meetings talking about “compliance”?Why is the school changing so many things? This post is going to explore what’s going on in the background with private institutions, like careerContinue reading “We're All Winners”

Objective Stephen Brookfield, in The Skillful Teacher, explains why students resist learning. Possible reasons why students might be resisting (p. 217-224) include: Poor-self image as learners  Fear of the unknown The normal rhythm of learning Disjunction of learning and teaching styles Apparent irrelevance of the learning activity Level of required learning is inappropriate Fear ofContinue reading “Experiment of Closeness”

As an assignment for my Professional Practice course, I have to choose a story in the media and discuss ethics. I have chosen a story that is currently in the news regarding a teacher strike at Vancouver English Centre (By Matt Meuse, CBC News Posted: Aug 04, 2016) and is still ongoing. You can read the fullContinue reading “Right Vs. Wrong”

Inspired by my Professional Practice course, here are my thoughts on my career and my future. For the last 7 years that I have lived in Vancouver, I have been talking about my 10 year plan. This plan includes owning a winery, having chickens, and my own stairs. As I am now about 5 yearsContinue reading “I Showed you Mine, Now Show me Yours”

Blogs have advantages and disadvantages when being used as an instructional tool. In the digital age we all live in now, creating a blog as an ongoing assessment of learning in a classroom is becoming more popular. There are many positive aspects of blog assignments, such as higher motivation levels, and student engagement. Other aspectsContinue reading “Learning Partners & Blogs”

Let’s take a look at the future of education shall we – focusing on BC in particular. An article published by CBC claims that “the International Education Strategy aims to double the number of international students and researchers — to 450,000 — in Canada by 2022 in an effort to create jobs and stimulate the domesticContinue reading “Teaching Diverse Classrooms”

In a previous post I wrote about The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) asking students to describe a time when they felt they were engaged and motivated when learning. The points the students mentioned were: Take Me Seriously Challenge Me to Think Nurture My Self-Respect Show Me I Can Make a Difference Let Me Do It My WayContinue reading “Tell me What you Want, Part 2”

Have you ever walked into a classroom and faced and audience of students with a look on their faces that says “do you best to motivate me. I dare you.” You leave at the end of the day completely drained from the “energy vampires”, as I call them. It seems that no matter how muchContinue reading “"Energy Vampires"”