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Congratulations to the 7 Winners of the NCC's Raise Your Voices National Youth Banner Contest
Posted June 25th, 2010 by carrieannYoung Canadians are speaking out – through their art – about the things that matter to them.
The National Capital Commission (NCC) – committed to ensuring that the voices of young Canadians nationwide are heard in the Capital – presents seven winning banners chosen from over 800 submissions to the 2010 National Student Banner Contest.
See the winning banners flying high in Major Hill’s Park in the heart of Ottawa from May to October 2010.
Can’t make it to Ottawa?
Prelude: An Innovative Learning Game
Posted June 25th, 2010 by carrieann21C Learning Community Toolkit explores how a small Cree reservation in northern Alberta has employed an innovative learning game called ‘Prelude’. The legacy of residential schools and inappropriate European models of pedagogy have left the Bigstone Cree cautious about embracing ‘mainstream’ education. The collaboration between the game’s inventor, educational experts and, most importantly, the teachers and children of the Bigstone Cree Nation demonstrates that imaginative solutions to longstanding problems are possible.
Mindful Kids, Peaceful Schools
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by carrieannWith eyes closed and deep breaths, students are learning a new method to reduce anxiety, conflict, and attention disorders. A growing number of schools are using “mindfulness trainings” in an effort to combat increasing levels of anxiety, social conflict, and attention disorder among children.
The Community Action Project
Posted November 26th, 2009 by mlayYouth Engagement, Skill Building and Experiential Learning
The Community Action Project
Posted November 26th, 2009 by mlayYouth Engagement, Skill Building and Experiential Learning
What Did You Do in School Today?: Transforming Canadian Classrooms Through Social, Academic and Intellectual Engagement
Posted November 3rd, 2009 by carrieannThrough What did you do in school today?: Transforming Classrooms through Social, Academic and Intellectual Engagement , the Canadian Education Association, in partnership with the Canadian Council on Learning and school districts across Canada, are bringing life to the idea of student engagement in the classroom, and exploring its powerful relationship with adolescent learning, student achievement, and effective teaching.
A first look at the initiative’s results are presented in the initiative’s first national report – _What did you do in school today?: Transforming Classrooms thro
Blogs from The 21st Century Learning Initiative
Posted September 30th, 2009 by admin
It’s Really Very Simple
The solution to England’s education problem
The first of the Party Conferences (the Liberal Democrats) is now over, and soon it will be the turn of Labour and then the Conservatives. The media is, and will be, full of comment, and counter argument. Confusion would dominate over-clarity as people try to understand what the different policies actually mean.
National Banner Contest
Posted August 31st, 2009 by adminCalling all teachers of Grades 5 to 8!
YOUR STUDENTS’ ART COULD BE FLYING HIGH IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL!
Community Forests International Education Program
Posted February 9th, 2009 by carrieannCommunity Forest International’s education program unites schools from New Brunswick, Canada with schools in Pemba, Tanzania creating a cross-cultural, environmental learning experience. Students participating in this innovative learning partnership will address climate change by measuring their school’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and off-setting their environmental impact by planting trees.
Promoting transformative innovation in schools
Posted February 9th, 2009 by carrieannThis handbook aims to offer evidence, insights, ideas and recommendations that can be built upon to support and nurture a culture of transformative innovation within education.
Increasingly it is recognised that there is a need to innovate to enable greater creativity, flexibility, learner input and so forth, and to deliver a more personalised educational system and foster new skills amongst learners.
