Ever hear of the term Academic Inflation? It became a household phrase after it was used by Sir Ken Robinson in his now famous Ted talk Schools Kill Creativity. Academic inflation certainly isn’t a new concept but it was with this talk that its use crossed into the vernacular of the general public and out from …
I am so tired of hearing this line. “The problem with school is…” It prefaces every discussion anyone has about education these days. Whether it be politicians, parents or even teachers, when ever people gather to discuss education, the discussion inevitably turns to how horrible things are in the classroom and how things have just …
I was recently tasked with the daunting responsibility of reading a chapter about Trust in a book called, The Truth About Leadership by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. Now as surprising as it might be to some, the reading part was not daunting but the purpose for which I am reading the chapter is. After digesting this riveting chapter, I am to …
Here is an oldie but a goodie, written long before the days of blogging. As a student of Canadian History, I have been exposed ad-nauseum to countless mind-numbing texts on Canada’s illustrious history. Now that I am a teacher of Canadian history, I find myself subjecting my students to the same mind-numbing texts. Try …
I was thinking this week, about all these twitter feeds I am following and I could not get over just how…. Over the top, pro technology in the classroom they are. Twitter this, blog that. Gotta connect with kids on their turf, gotta be in touch with the pulse of web but there never seems to …
Our education systems in the western world has come to a crossroads. Some would say crisis but some might say opportunity. Our current situation is not the result of just one factor but the confluence of a number of social, economic and technological changes in our world, which the current education system is simply not designed for. …
As we sit and watch this disaster in the Gulf of Mexico unfold, I marvel at the diversity of opinion and attitudes toward what might just turn out to be a world-wide environmental disaster that makes global warming look like a Sunday school picnic. The most incomprehensible of which is the nonchalant “Well if you drive a …
It doesn’t seem to matter who you are or what cultural, religious or professional group you associate with, there seems to be an overwhelming, Love Yourself At The Expense Of Others sort of attitude running rampant in our society. You can call this relatively new social phenomena what you will and attribute it to any number of things but it can …
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