I am a little unsettled by the cult-like euphoria that unilaterally and uncritically promotes the use of computers in our classrooms.
Don’t get me wrong. I use the laptop in my classroom. I create attractive and illuminating handouts and I use an online interactive grammar website provided by... (read article)
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)
In response to a widespread sense of alarm over the state of boys’ literacy, the Ontario Ministry of Education assessed students at various grade levels. The subsequent report, Me Read? No Way! (StatsCan, 2002), showed that boys were not performing as well as girls in reading and writing, and that... (read article)
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)
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)
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)
Is globalization a good thing or a bad thing? A hopeful or troubling trend? A harbinger of global peace based on the theory that people who trade and talk with each other don't bomb each other? Or a dangerous divider of nations because of all the new ways that globalization... (read article)
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)
Picking up where The Freedom Writers Diary (and the hit movie The Freedom Writers) left off, this moving, passionate, and genuinely personal memoir brings the reader up to date on the current status of that remarkable group of students from Long Beach, California.
This remarkable story includes lessons for both... (read article)
Kawarthas Trips Classes make three-day fall and winter trips to our own outdoor education site in the Kawarthas. There are opportunities for practical math, science and environmental studies coupled with activities like hiking, canoeing and cross-country skiing. Students develop new social skills and problem-solving skills as they function together outside the classroom setting.
Below are some comments that we heard at our last editorial advisory board meeting for Dialogue magazine and Dialogue Online. Please share your comments, feedback and ideas.
"The use of technology in schools is changing so quickly. It might be an area you want to cover in every issue."
"School marketing. Every school is always struggling with how to market themselves and increase enrolment."
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