Hindsight 2020… It only takes a spark… 3 May 20204 May 2020 A story about my failures and my learning in teaching students in CHC2P for the blog series: Hindsight 2020. By Rachel Collishaw, originally published as part of Write-On, the 2016…
Pedagogy… And Now for A Completely Different Pedagogical Perspective 3 May 20203 May 2020 By John Meyers Decades ago in British Columbia I attended my first improvisational theatre show and was hooked. Since then I have taken classes, been in some shows, and taught…
Pedagogy… Landscapes of Injustice Teacher Field School 10 Mar 20204 Apr 2020 Travel opportunity summer 2019 Are you an intermediate or secondary school teacher?Would you like to travel and meet with teachers from across Canada?Would you like to learn more about the…
Pedagogy… Assessing Global Competencies in Grade 12 Economics 10 Mar 202022 Apr 2020 By Zoe Flatman My predecessor at Rapport, Risa Gluskin, chronicled her journey to revise and update her teaching and assessment practices. In that spirit, I wanted to share some of…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Diversity in our curriculum Part 3 11 Feb 202025 Mar 2020 By John Myers It's a new year, and in many cases the end of one semester and the beginning of another. This is a good time to reflect on what…
Pedagogy… The Scanning History Project 30 Jan 202022 Apr 2020 For the past few years, I’ve been working with classes from Holy Cross Secondary School and Standing Stone of the Oneida Nation to create 3D models of historical artifacts. We…
Pedagogy P4C- Philosophy for Kids 30 Jan 202025 Mar 2020 Here we are a decade into the 21st century, and the list of thinking skills that learners need to develop in order to thrive seems to be getting longer. These skills…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Financial literacy – how is it going? 9 Dec 201925 Mar 2020 By: Joanna Zapior The first semester with the new GLC20 curriculum is wrapping up. It includes a large financial literacy component (Strand C2). Rapport has talked about teaching financial literacy…
Pedagogy… Rapport: OJEN’s classroom resources and experiential learning! 9 Dec 201925 Mar 2020 By Leigh Macdonald Did you know that OJEN has over 200 classroom resources available? Some classroom resources are short lesson plans and student handouts, while others are in-depth multi-module resources on a…
Doing History… Rapport: Recognizing Diversity in our Courses 17 Sep 201925 Mar 2020 By: John Myers In the 1970s the Ontario government reshaped our now CWS curriculum to recognize the emerging multicultural reality of the province and the country. My involvement in this…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Lessons from Credit Recovery 17 Sep 201930 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Everyone seems to have an opinion on credit recovery. I’ll stick to my experience. I’ve been teaching credit recovery for about five years. Wow, is it difficult!…
Indigenous history… Rapport: Missing in Action/ Finding Women’s Historical Narratives to include in our History teaching. 17 Sep 201925 Mar 2020 Dr. Rose Fine-Meyer OISE, University of Toronto Welcome back to another school year! I hope it is a positive year for everyone. I am thrilled to be writing a column…