Assessing Global Competencies in Grade 12 Economics
By Zoe Flatman My predecessor at Rapport, Risa Gluskin, chronicled her journey to revise and update her teaching and assessment practices. In that
Rapport: Diversity in our curriculum Part 3
By John Myers It’s a new year, and in many cases the end of one semester and the beginning of another. This is
The Scanning History Project
For the past few years, I’ve been working with classes from Holy Cross Secondary School and Standing Stone of the Oneida Nation to
P4C- Philosophy for Kids
Here we are a decade into the 21st century, and the list of thinking skills that learners need to develop in order to thrive
Rapport: Financial literacy – how is it going?
By: Joanna Zapior The first semester with the new GLC20 curriculum is wrapping up. It includes a large financial literacy component (Strand C2).
Rapport: OJEN’s classroom resources and experiential learning!
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
Rapport: Recognizing Diversity in our Courses
By: John Myers In the 1970s the Ontario government reshaped our now CWS curriculum to recognize the emerging multicultural reality of the province
Rapport: Lessons from Credit Recovery
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
Rapport: Missing in Action/ Finding Women’s Historical Narratives to include in our History teaching.
Dr. Rose Fine-Meyer OISE, University of Toronto Welcome back to another school year! I hope it is a positive year for everyone. I
Rapport: Fact Checking in the Economics Classroom
By Zoe Flatman I have been teaching grade 12 Economics for over 25 years and as curriculum has changed and we have moved
Rapport: Tech: Tools or Toys? Part 3
y John Myers As a result of “playing with” technology based on a model for investigation (FAB +D), a rough standard for judging
Rapport: Inquiry Goals for the Semester – Less Context
By Risa Gluskin World History from 1450 (CHY4U) is very full. Very full of content. That’s a problem. This semester, after reviewing my