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15 Years In: Unpacking DECE Reflections and Realities

Samia Javed reminds us that play-based, inquiry-driven learning is not a luxury, it is essential.

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Vivian McCaffrey

The fight against teacher recertification will only be won at the political level and with the support of strong, collective action on the part of teachers across the province.

High Stakes Testing for Dentists? What Dentists and Teachers Have in Common

John S. Taylor

Last spring at the Project-Based Learning Conference, Kids Who Know and Do, keynote speaker Linda Darling-Hammond retold the following story by John S. Taylor, Superintendent of Schools in the Lancaster County School District in South Carolina. In a room full of 5,000 educators, you could have heard a pin drop. Of course, during the witty dialogue and the ironic parts, outbursts of laughter filled the room.

ETFO Meets Wayson Choy

Charlotte Morgan

"Never underestimate the power of story," author Wayson Choy told ETFO's provincial and local leaders at the February 2002 Representative Council meeting.

L'intérgration de la technologie

Tania Sterling

Motiver des élèves de français cadre, niveau intermédiaire, n’est pas chose facile. Or la technologie s’avère un des meilleurs outils pour y parvenir. Après les succès obtenus dans mes classes, je me suis aperçue qu’il existait en fait un grand nombre de possibilités quant aux façons d’intégrer la technologie.

The Silver Birch Reading Award Program: The Children's Choice

Jacqui Shields and Cathie Rose

As teacher-librarians, we collaborate with our classroom teachers to identify students who are reading at an independent level, and who could benefit from an enriched reading program. One such program is the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch Reading Award.

Take a Closer Look

Wambui Gaitho, Sharron Mathers, Rosemary Kozak, Linda-Beth Marr, Lori Piazza & Sherry Ramrattan Smith

A practical guide to exploring issues of media violence in the intermediate classroom.

An Occasional Teacher's Wish List

Nancy J.C, Bell

Although the climate of teaching has changed, much remains the same. Recently, I taught in a classroom where the teacher was retiring within days. The plans and information she left answered all my questions. My "Wish List" is the result of teaching in hundreds of classrooms over the past ten years.