| Articles |
| 21st Century Teaching: Lessons That Are Challenging, Relevant, and Reflective |
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| by:
Simon Jeynes
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning |
| Two veteran teachers in a school each teach a secondary World Geography class. They have approximately the same class sizes, the same content, and the same access to technology. The students of the first teacher groan at the mention of his subject, while the students of the second teacher can't... (read article) |
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| A Fresh Start |
| Fall camp helps kids kick off a new school year |
| by:
Cheryl%20 Phillips , Stuart%20 Palmer
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Teachers |
| During the first week of September, our entire student body heads for the hills. Our Orientation Camps are a time for new and returning students to learn about and review the expectations, goals, vision and core values of our school community.
Rundle College Academy, a member school of Rundle College... (read article) |
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| A Moral Understanding |
| Raising ethical children |
| by:
Erica Sprules
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Parents, Teachers |
| In today’s world—where so many people seem preoccupied with celebrities, appearances and material wealth at any cost—developing ethical children is no small task. But this is exactly the quality one school is trying to instill in its students by implementing a revolutionary new program that focuses on a type of... (read article) |
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| A Virtual Perspective |
| Using avatars to experience the world |
| by:
Christian Auclair
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Lesson plan, Teachers, Technology |
| Imagine two business people, half a world apart, meeting in a virtual world. Virtual reality goggles allow them to see each other in three-dimensional space, headsets let them hear in stereophonic sound, and a haptic body suit that fills with thousands of air bubbles simulates the pressure of a handshake... (read article) |
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| A Window On The World |
| Why a global curriculum makes sense |
| by:
Irene Davy
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Headlines point to suffering in the aftermath of an earthquake in Pakistan, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Muslim riots over cartoons published in Europe, Canadians held hostage in Iraq. Here at home, when I call for computer help, the person who answers is somewhere in India. Last year, my teachers attended... (read article) |
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| Blinded by the Light |
| Understand your school’s real niche |
| by:
Dave Bird
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads |
| In August 2009, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office acknowledged that the American budget deficit estimate had soared to $1.6 trillion (U.S.) and that the current recession is now “the most severe since World War II.”
Unlike those “Mad Hatters” in Washington, or their Canadian counterparts in Ottawa, private schools don’t have... (read article) |
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| Cold Comfort |
| How an icy expedition can warm up a classroom |
| by:
Eric%20 Waters
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Physical education, Teachers |
It's 8 o'clock on a February night, and I'm crawling headfirst into a narrow, glowing hole in the snow in an otherwise desolate landscape.
"Hey, you guys, how are you doing? Everybody warm?"
Muffled replies come from three cinched-up sleeping bags: "Yeah." "I'm too hot." "I can't believe I'm... (read article) |
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| Creating a new culture of teaching and learning |
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| by:
Our Kids Publications , Alan November
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, Research, Teachers, Technology, Video |
| On May 1, 2009, Alan November, an international leader in education technology addressed more than 200 teachers and administrators at the 2009 CAIS Best Practices conference at Lower Canada College in Montreal. November spoke in detail about exciting ways to incorporate technology in the classroom, to improve teaching and learning.... (read article) |
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| Creativity Unbound |
| An Outward Bound weekend workshop nurtures creativity |
| by:
Fiona Hough
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| Categories: Art, Curriculum and learning, English, Lesson plan, Physical education, School heads, Teachers |
| At last spring’s graduation, a student told me the greatest thing I had taught her was to “throw the rubric out the window.” This might not be the first thing I’d brag about to a prospective parent, or the Ontario Ministry of Education inspector, but I took it as a... (read article) |
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| Developing Awareness |
| The Round Square program builds international consciousness |
| by:
Eileen Dauntt
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Since 2001, Bayview Glen has played an active role in Round Square, a unique and student-focused association. More than 50 schools on five continents are members of Round Square, which asks students to make a commitment, beyond academic excellence, to personal development and responsibility.
This mandate helps students develop both... (read article) |
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| Documenting Hope |
| A trip to Zambia opens students' eyes and changes the course of their lives |
| by:
Rebecca Levere
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Safety and Health, Teachers |
Rebecca Levere travelled to Zambia with 10 of her students from the University of Toronto Schools to film a documentary about the AIDS pandemic. In this article, she explores the long-term impact of that journey, exploring the dilemmas and decisions young Canadians face as "haves" in a "have-not" world.... (read article) |
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| Environmental action plans |
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| by:
Stephanie Foster
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Environment, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, School heads, Science |
| The following examples show how five independent schools that I have worked with, have moved forward in terms of developing and implementing their own environmental sustainability action plans. Each example demonstrates different approaches and tactics that have helped them to move forward with their efforts to become green schools.
The... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Anne-Marie Kee |
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| by:
Anne-Marie Kee
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning |
| What skills are companies of the new economy looking for?
According to research conducted last year by the McKinsey management consulting company, 70 per cent of the executives surveyed named innovation as one of their top three priorities for driving growth. The report also revealed that the vast majority of these... (read article) |
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| Expert Answers | Stacey Caillier and Rob Riordan |
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| by:
Rob Riordan , Stacey Caillier
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning |
| How can schools support teachers so they can keep abreast of the latest teaching techniques?
It’s less about techniques and more about creating a culture of collaboration where teachers can pursue their passions, share their plans and dilemmas, get into each other’s classrooms and reflect on teaching and learning together. At... (read article) |
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| Fitting in Fitness |
| How students at one school got a move on |
| by:
%20Jennifer%20 Powles
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Teachers |
| The media report almost daily on rising obesity levels in Canada. The Canadian Medical Association states that in the past 15 years, the prevalence of obesity has grown by more than 50 per cent in Canadian children six to 11 years old and 40 per cent in those aged 12... (read article) |
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| Forging a New Way |
| Tragedy transforms the landscape of outdoor education. |
| by:
Sarah%20 Wiley
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Safety and Health, Teachers |
| It was February 3, 2003 and I was driving the hour-long commute through snowy Muskoka to work, the head office of Outward Bound Canada (OBC) in Burk's Falls, Ontario. As the national director of educational programs for OBC, I oversaw all the contract programs we delivered for independent schools across... (read article) |
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| From Camp to School And Back Again |
| The story od Greenwood College |
| by:
David%20%20%20 Thompson
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education |
| The evidence is in. A backcountry classroom, using all that the Canadian landscape has to offer, helps stave off childhood obesity, improves cognitive skills and offers hands-on learning. In educational parlance, we know character education and outdoor education go hand in hand: Across the country, values like independence, interdependence and... (read article) |
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| Global Intelligence Quotient |
| Making studies human and relevant |
| by:
Nick Szymanis
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers |
| The days of a teacher being the first person from whom students hear about far-off times and places are long gone. Today's educators realize students walk into class for a break from the daily bombardment of information, images, even music.
Drawing on students' knowledge of the world and its people... (read article) |
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| Going Global Keynote Address |
| Creating the 21st century school |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Children come into schools with vast amounts of creativity but by the time they graduate their creativity has mostly disappeared. Patrick Bassett, president of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), says educators must begin to achieve just the opposite.
On Oct. 30, Bassett presented the keynote address (watch... (read article) |
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| Going Global Panel Discussion |
| What is international education and how can schools work to achieve global citizenship |
| by:
Our Kids Publications , Anne-Marie Kee , Guy McLean , Kim Gordon , Mark Evans , Paul Miller , Robert Snowden
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Teachers, Video |
| On Oct. 30, 2008, a Going Global conference was held at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, sponsored by the school and the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI). Educators, students and parents, joined by others tuning in via a webcast, questioned a panel of experts about creating a global future... (read article) |
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| Growing Global Citizens |
| Experiencing the world from the classroom |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers |
| We are often told our world is shrinking. In the 2005 book The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman’s commentary about the flexibility of time, space and learning makes the shrinking boundaries of nations, continents and hemispheres crystal clear. It is into this world that our students will venture once they... (read article) |
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| Hello, World? Listen To This |
| Using technology to create a voice |
| by:
Michael Furdyk , Peter Skillen
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers, Technology |
"I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."... (read article) |
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| Hit The Road |
| Building stories for a lifetime |
| by:
Gordon%20 Phippen
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| A good number of children in our increasingly digital society experience a disconnect from organic experience, often lacking an appreciation for the beauty of their natural world. It's easy for them to overlook the earth beneath their feet, the majesty of a sunset or the wonder of the ocean's surf.... (read article) |
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| IB Impact |
| Adoption of the IB program brought a new ethical framework to this school community |
| by:
Ruth Penny
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers |
| The task of all educators is to help form fully realized human beings, who will bring skills, knowledge, empathy and courage to the world in which they live. Schools cannot teach character education as though it were a discrete subject, separate from the rest of the curriculum and unconnected to... (read article) |
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| Independent School Collaboration |
| Migrating interactive courses online |
| by:
Lesley Monette , Mary Anne Ballantyne
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| Today’s educational and work environments demand 21st-century skills, including the ability and confidence to be a self-motivated and highly collaborative learner. Successful students must learn to be adept at being both analytical and creative. Learners need to be agile in taking risks, being entrepreneurial and being socially comfortable and responsible... (read article) |
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| Learning The Ropes |
| Looking inward in the great outdoors |
| by:
Julia Drake
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education |
Suspended from ropes and pulleys far above the ground, Christian Peterson longed for a safety net. But no mesh blanket would catch the Grade 12 student if he fell from the high ropes course at Upper Canada College's Norval Outdoor School.
Instead, Christian found a safety net in the form of... (read article) |
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| Left Right Left Right |
| Striding toward intelligence |
| by:
Todd Royer
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| Categories: Art, Curriculum and learning, Teachers |
| I am on playground supervision. Children ages six, seven and eight are playing together under the sweeping branches of great pines. Many have made houses by clearing away pine needles on the forest floor. Their “brooms” are pine boughs, and they keep very tidy homes. Some homes have several rooms;... (read article) |
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| Losing Touch With Canada's Modern Historical Achievements |
| Does the direct human link to the Great War slip away with the passing of John Babcock, Canada's last veteran of the First World War? |
| by:
Christopher Shannon
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Teachers |
| Last week I entered my grade eleven history classroom and shelved the planned activity. This had nothing to do with curriculum reform or new ministerial priorities. My decision was motivated by a single notable event from the previous day. John Babcock, Canada’s last veteran of the First World War, had... (read article) |
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| Meeting the Needs Of Students Open Forum |
| Audience Question and Answer Comments |
| by:
Dr. Barb Smith , Dr. Karen Gazith , Dr. Stephan Grasmuck , James Christopher , Mary Gauthier , Rosemary Evans
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Opinion, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| On November 13, 2007, 165 independent school educators attended an engaging evening of discussion on the topic of differentiated instruction. The event, held at Upper Canada College in Toronto, was organized by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) and hosted by CESI and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools), with... (read article) |
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| Natural Conversion |
| Bringing a closer observation of the natural environment |
| by:
George%20 Briggs
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Physical education, Teachers |
| The opening chords of Bach's Cello Concerto played by
Yo-Yo Ma never fail to wash away my worries and cares.
I have a mix CD for the road trip to hiking trails, and the Bach piece is the opening selection. Not only is the music evocative and gentle, but it... (read article) |
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| Panel Discussion on Meeting the Needs of Students, Toronto |
| Differentiating Instruction - What is it and how far should schools go? |
| by:
Dr. Barb Smith , Dr. Karen Gazith , Dr. Stephan Grasmuck , James Christopher , Mary Gauthier , Rosemary Evans
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| On November 13, 2007, 165 independent school educators attended an engaging evening of discussion on the topic of differentiated instruction. The event, held at Upper Canada College in Toronto, was organized by the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI) and hosted by CESI and CAIS (Canadian Association of Independent Schools), with... (read article) |
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| Panel Discussion on Meeting the Needs of Students, Vancouver |
| Differentiated instruction sends many educators back to the drawing board, re-examining their methods |
| by:
Our Kids Publications , Anne-Marie Kee , Bob Corbett , Dr. Barb Smith , Gary Sylven , Leanne Foster , Nancy Richards
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Opinion, Research, School heads, Special needs, Teachers |
| During the past decade, there has been a remarkable shift in private and independent schools across the country. Simply setting standards for students to meet—which used to be the accepted norm—no longer makes the grade. “Differentiated instruction” is the new buzzword in the staffroom, sending many educators back to the... (read article) |
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| Parent Participation as a Part of the Success of Therapy |
| Special curriculum developed for parents to reinforce school and home consistency |
| by:
The Glenholme School
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Parents, Safety and Health, School heads, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
Therapy Success Depends on Parent Participation
The Glenholme School is a therapeutic boarding school for children situated on more than 100 acres in Washington, Connecticut. Children, ages nine to 18 who need a highly structured learning environment to prosper academically and socially, find it at Glenholme. Many Glenholme students have struggled... (read article) |
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| Past Perfect |
| Today's technology makes yesterday come alive |
| by:
Paul Keery
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Teachers, Technology |
| History teachers rejoice! The new media—podcasting, moviemaking and student wikis—will change history teaching for the better. No longer do students have to rely just on the written word or a grainy film to learn about the past; they can work with historic artifacts and integrate them into their own audio... (read article) |
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| Question: Do you have a creative curriculum program? |
| Teaching creativity and imagination is sometimes difficult. What activities, events and programs have exemplified creativity and imagination in your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Art, Curriculum and learning, Open House Question, Science, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2008 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
Cross-Curriculum Voyage
Grade 7 students visited the Ontario Science Centre’s exhibit about the Titanic, learning in detail how the ship... (read article) |
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| Question: How are new literacies being taught at your school? |
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| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, English, Lesson plan, Math, Open House Question, Science, Teachers, Technology |
| In every issue of Dialogue Magazine, we ask a question to the independent educator community to spark dialogue about the issue's theme. We've already heard from many schools and want to feature your story. Some of the comments posted below will be selected to be published in the Open House... (read article) |
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| Question: How do you teach character, values and virtue? |
| Many independent schools include 'character education' in their mission statements. Does your school have a specific program or approach to moral education? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Open House Question, Parents, Safety and Health, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2005 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
The Sterling Stewardship Program
The Sterling Stewardship Program is an initiative that combines character education, health education and guidance education.... (read article) |
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| Question: In search for outdoor education programs |
| What does Outdoor education mean to you? Do you run a unique or interesting outdoor education program at your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Open House Question, Physical education, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2007 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
Winter Learning
During a week of dogsledding and winter camping in Algonquin, the Grade 8 boys learn that at day’s... (read article) |
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| Question: What is being done at your school to encourage sustainability? |
| There are many ways for your school to ensure it is sustainable: financial, environmental, demographic, programmatic and global. What is being done at your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Open House Question, Teachers |
| In every issue of Dialogue Magazine, we ask a question to the independent educator community to spark dialogue about the issue's theme. We've already heard from many schools and want to feature your story. Some of the comments posted below will be selected to be published in the Open House... (read article) |
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| Question: What is Global Education? |
| How is your school teaching global education? Is there a particular activity, event or program that has exemplified what global or international education means to your school? |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Leadership and management, Open House Question, Teachers |
| We asked hundreds of schools to share programs and ideas on this topic. The following were published in the 2006 edition of Dialogue magazine. Join the discussion and post your own response.
World at Lunch
Students and faculty were randomly divided into First, Second and Third Worlds as they entered the cafeteria.... (read article) |
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| Raising a New Generation |
| Today’s computer-savvy youth are ready for tomorrow |
| by:
Don Tapscott
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, School heads, Teachers, Technology |
| Digital technology in the classroom is transforming the traditional education model and reshaping the dynamic between teacher and student.
For centuries, the educational system embraced a one-way, teacher-centred broadcast model of learning. The teacher transmitted information from the front of the classroom to students, who were supposed to absorb the facts... (read article) |
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| Spirituality, Joy and Play |
| Our annual Muskoka Woods camping retreat |
| by:
Gillian Martin
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| Categories: Administrators, Art, Curriculum and learning, Teachers |
| Each year, in just the second week at our all-girls’ school, our entire population—students, teachers, administration alike—travels to Muskoka Woods Resort on Lake Rosseau, Ontario. We leave behind the classes, textbooks, and walls of our school, and head up north, often grouping students or teachers who’ve never met before into... (read article) |
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| Stay Tuned |
| Radio Show Gives Student Writers A Voice |
| by:
Adrian Hoad%2DReddick
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, English, Teachers, Technology |
| It’s 8:10 p.m. on a Thursday in the Student Centre at the University of Guelph. Crooked reggae beats resound from the dimmed on-air studio where Nicky Dread continues his 27-year run as CFRU DJ. Fifty minutes, then it’s our turn.
Students crowd the narrow hallway outside the studio, putting finishing touches... (read article) |
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| Strategic Alliances |
| Building international school partnerships that work |
| by:
Kent Warkentin
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Niagara Christian Collegiate (NCC) has been educating students from other lands for more than 35 years and, during that time, has developed a distinct international student program. Six years ago, I evaluated the program and was thrilled with the curriculum in many areas but found it lacking in others. We... (read article) |
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| Suggest a Future Theme for Dialogue Magazine |
| Let us know what stories or topics you would like to read about |
| by:
Our Kids Publications
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| Categories: Administrators, Art, Curriculum and learning, English, Global education, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, Marketing, Math, Opinion, Opinion, Parents, Physical education, Research, Safety and Health, School heads, Science, Special needs, Teachers, Technology |
| Since the magazine’s birth in 2004, Dialogue has aimed to stimulate discussion between private and independent school educators. As always, Dialogue magazine and Dialogue Online remain the place to express your ideas and to share your expertise with your peers. Dialogue shares educator knowledge and skills, reducing the workload and... (read article) |
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| Sustaining School Identity |
| Montessori teaches about remaining true |
| by:
Pat Gere
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Lesson plan, School heads |
| In 1907, Dr. Maria Montessori opened the first Montessori classroom in a tenement just outside Rome, Italy. Here began her experiment of applying scientific observation to the education of children. Since then, Montessori has become the world’s most practised pedagogy, with more than 8,000 Montessori schools on six continents educating... (read article) |
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| Tea and Sympathy |
| The Way To A Young Man's Creative Heart |
| by:
Keri%2DLyn Durant
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| Categories: Art, Curriculum and learning, Special needs, Teachers |
| Portsmouth, United Kingdom: a local school put into “special measures” (a dreaded label that denotes schools that are underachieving, filled to the rafters with students, lacking parental and community support, usually in economically challenged areas, seldom able to offer pupils teacher continuity and seemingly steadily sinking into the educational mire);... (read article) |
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| Tearing the Labels |
| Tailoring to different learning styles |
| by:
Leanne Foster
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Teachers |
| When Karen first started teaching during the early ‘70s, parental involvement was generally limited to fundraising or volunteering in the school library. Parents might come in to talk about friendship issues or trouble on the playground, and inevitably, some would ask where their child ranked in the classroom, but rarely... (read article) |
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| That's Going To Leave A Mark |
| Helping students make a permanent impression |
| by:
Nigel McCarthy
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, Physical education, Teachers |
| Remember that sun-soaked summer day, coming upon a freshly poured cement sidewalk; remember looking at your friend who had already picked up a stick; remember the wet grey mass floating and coalescing slowly; and, finally, remember dragging the wood through the wet concrete and stamping your names into something lasting,... (read article) |
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| Think Inside The Box |
| Get back to basics, teaching time should be spent on developing abilities that can be taught practically in a school |
| by:
John Lambersky
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Opinion, School heads, Teachers |
| Many burdens are placed upon a modern school: It must create a nurturing atmosphere for students; keep youngsters active; mould students into ethical, caring individuals; and, for at least a generation or two now, ensure students leave school as creative, innovative and imaginative beings. This last demand—for the school to... (read article) |
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| Truly Rewarding Creativity |
| The means is the end |
| by:
Meg Fox
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, English, Teachers |
| Traditionally, education has focused on product, on what the creative, the professional, the recognized, the leading persons have produced, what they do. But we cannot develop our own creativity simply by cataloguing the creative results of others. Instead, as an effective way to build imaginative skill, we can focus on... (read article) |
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| Trumpeting A Cause |
| How learning in depth nourishes the imagination |
| by:
Kieran Egan
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Teachers |
| What does it mean to be an educated person? Commonly mentioned, among other things, are a significant breadth and depth of knowledge: The educated person must be aware of a wide array of the forms of knowledge humans have created, and must know something in considerable detail. Fulfilling the... (read article) |
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| Turning Green |
| The transition to a sustainable future |
| by:
Stephanie Foster
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Environment, School heads, Teachers |
| Twenty-five years ago, I graduated from an independent school for girls. Looking back,
I wonder what being a “green school” would have meant then. Apart from our green uniforms, I am not sure the topic of environmental sustainability ever really entered the lexicon. Fortunately, times have changed!
Does your school... (read article) |
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| Twitter Resources for Teachers |
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| by:
Travis Allison
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Technology |
Wow, this is a great bit of information for educators. Thanks to David Ligon for compiling this resource for a conference presentation that he did.
If you are considering integrating social media in to your classroom, at any... (read article) |
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| Ways Educators are Using Social Media |
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| by:
Travis Allison
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Leadership and management, Technology |
| Mashable.com (one of my reading stops many times a day) has been doing some great work on examining the benefits of social media for educators. Whether it is just some quick tips like this article or detailed ideas it is definitely worth following their "education" tag.
You should... (read article) |
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| Weaving A World Of Possibilities |
| How one school is trying to foster global understanding |
| by:
Dorothy Byers
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads |
| Our world is a small place. International events flood the news and we respond emotionally, intellectually and often in a tangible way. Increasingly, events in one part of our global village affect the lives of others far away.
The chaos theory, which refers to the butterfly flapping its wings, played... (read article) |
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| WebQuests |
| Send students on a modern day treasure hunt |
| by:
Julie Stoyka
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Lesson plan, Opinion, Research, Teachers, Technology |
| In the nine years since Bernie Dodge and Tom March developed the WebQuest model, this technique has become synonymous with useful web-based learning. Teachers everywhere use WebQuests to guide students online and extend their learning in a real and interactive way.
Like all good things, WebQuests came about by necessity and... (read article) |
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| Why Ask Why? Ask Why Not |
| Social activism in students' everyday lives |
| by:
Lorna Pitcher
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| Categories: Curriculum and learning, Global education, School heads, Teachers |
| We have faced and overcome many "why nots" at Toronto's Sterling Hall School (SHS) over the years in our quest to create social activists. Crowded curriculum, lack of age-appropriate resources, time constraints, parental priorities, board pressures, stretched faculty . . . we've heard them all.
How did our small school... (read article) |
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| Window On Tomorrow |
| How outdoor education brightens the future of children and our planet |
| by:
Grant%20 Linney
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| Categories: Administrators, Curriculum and learning, Physical education, Research, Teachers |
| As a long-time outdoor educator, I remain amazed at the impact that outdoor and experiential education (OEE) has upon participants. But how have we measured this impact?
There are the usual program evaluations and the periodic concerted links to classroom curricula. And, sometimes, a parent writes to describe how much a... (read article) |
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