Tag: Big Ideas in Education
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Question Matrix for Instructional Design
This is a Question Matrix I created to help to explore the curriculum based on important questions we need to be asking ourselves when designing our programs. It was inspired by the work of Dillon (2009). It is very big and complicated – perhaps quite impractical – but it is also very organized and comprehensive. […]
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Ontario Math Resources
Here is a list of some of the best resources to support math in Ontario. Please feel free to add more to the list in the comment section. You can also check out the following blog: Ontario Math Resources MATH RESOURCES 101 Questions Asking Effective Questions in Math Dan Meyer Blog Differentiating Math […]
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Teaching Math for FNMI Students
The dominant ways in which math has always been taught in our Western society includes drill, rote learning, and a focus on math ‘authorities’ including the teacher. This poses very serious problems for many of our mathematical learners, particularly for our First Nations, Metis & Inuit (FNMI) learners, whose perspectives and ways of knowing […]
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Teaching Math for FNMI Students
The dominant ways in which math has always been taught in our Western society includes drill, rote learning, and a focus on math ‘authorities’ including the teacher. This poses very serious problems for many of our mathematical learners, particularly for our First Nations, Metis & Inuit (FNMI) learners, whose perspectives and ways of knowing […]
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Critical Literacy
Our students need us more than ever. Society needs us more than ever. Educators are key to teaching critical literacy. We want our students to think critically about the world around them. We want them to think critically about all information shared through media, and make sure that the information is bias free. Particularly when […]
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