Tag: Science

• 7 Reasons to Integrate Indigenous Knowledge into Science Curriculum

  via 7 Reasons to Integrate Indigenous Knowledge into Science Curriculum.

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  June 1, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education

  Elder, FNMIed, Globalization, Indigenous Knowledge, Science, Seven Grandfather Teachings

• 8 Steps to Integrate Science Curriculum in a Regular or Split Grade Class

  Integrating the curriculum in a split grade is challenging even at the best of times. Especially when we have been trained to not see any obvious links between the expectations. For instance, a Grade 2 science curriculum focusses on the states of matter, the Grade 3 curriculum focuses on structures. For many teachers, the ability […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  March 19, 2014

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  Big Ideas in Education, Capacity building, cognitions, cognitive schemata, deep learning, edtech, Educational Technology, flexibility, FNMI, Indigenous, Inquiry, new pedagogies for deep learning, Pedagogy, Science, split grades

• Making the Shift to Inquiry Based Instruction

    Currently I am re-examining my instructional practice, and trying to understand how I can effectively teach students to nurture a sense of wonder about the Natural world around us. With my current focus, on integrating FNMI strategies into the Science Curriculum, I have decided that Inquiry Based Learning is a strategy worthy of researching […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  October 1, 2012

  Best Practices, First Nations, Ideas for Learning Strategies, Inquiry Based Learning, Science

  Inquiry Based Learning, Science