The Making of a Professional
The year was 1997. I was a green teacher coming off a successful pre-service education campaign at...
Read MoreChris Colley | September 7, 2021
The year was 1997. I was a green teacher coming off a successful pre-service education campaign at...
Read MoreDianne Conrod | September 4, 2012
Confession: I have never liked New Year’s Eve. Too much pressure is associated with that one night: going to a huge party, dressing in fancy duds, and staying up late. Then, we have the angst over making New Year’s...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | May 15, 2012
“I believe that the theme ‘again and again’ is paramount in cycle one. Children (people) don’t always ‘get it’ on the first round, or second, or third. Children love to do the same activity again and...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | November 28, 2011
In my previous post on Action Research in the classroom, I wrote about the idea of action research as a form of self-directed professional learning. I think that we learn to be better teachers by asking questions about issues we...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | October 17, 2011
I was animating a short morning session on the practice of Action Research last week. It was Friday, to be exact, the kind of rainy morning you wished you were cocooned in a bathrobe somewhere or sipping a nice mug of tea.The...
Read MoreKristine Thibeault | September 28, 2011
I started running again at the end of August. Now, for those of you who don’t know me well (or at all), this may not sound like a big deal. I mean, I’m not a sloth. I’m a relatively fit individual who tries to stay healthy by...
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