Tag: Educational Contexts

• Teacher Moderation & Assessment in the age of Knowledge and Innovation

  

  I think it behooves us to ask ourselves whether collaborative assessment practices including moderation, is different now that we are headed into 2016 – versus what it looked like in 2006? The process of grading and assessing students is very subjective, and it always has been – but with so much information, technology, globalization, opportunities […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  October 25, 2015

  Assessment

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• 5 Considerations for Welcoming Environments in our Schools

  Fostering welcoming environments in education is essential for improving learning and engagement. Schools can help acknowledge students by representing their cultural diversity. This can be done by embedding cultural symbols, and practices into our buildings, classrooms, and online environments that serve to help make students and parents feel welcome and important. However, it is a […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  March 31, 2013

  Aboriginal, Best Practices, Big Ideas in Education, Character, Communication, Community, Culture & Caring, Welcoming Environments

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