General Education Topics:
Websites:
OECD - Centre for Educational Research and Innovation:
http://www.oecd.org/document/6/0,3343,en_2649_35845581_31420934_1_1_1_1,00.html
Education Week:
www.edweek.org
Articles:
How the world's best performing school systems come out on top:
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/socialsector/resources/pdf/Worlds_School_systems_final.pdf
Book:
The Big Picture - Education is Everyone's Business by Dennis Littky
This is a powerful book about what is possible in education. The objective of author Dennis Littky, after 35 years of work in American public schools as a principal, is to lead children to love learning and that leads to radically different kinds of schools. The schools Littky has created and led are models for reformers everywhere: small, public schools where the curriculum is rich and meaningful, expectations are high, student progress is measured against real-world standards, and families and communities are actively engaged in the educational process. Students and teachers work in small groups focusing on projects that cultivate the interests and the skills of the students. Students open themselves to the learning process, develop confidence and the needed basic skills of writing and mathematics in the process of doing the projects that fascinate them. Learning becomes joyful. Teachers then become not loaders of information but leaders, fellow learners, who help the child develop the information necessary to the learning process. Over ninety percent of the children who leave Littky's schools go on to higher education.
The Whole Child:
Websites:
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: www.ascd.org
Articles:
How children tell us they learn:
http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC06/Murdock.htm
Variety of articles on the WHOLE CHILD:
ASCD Engage Whole Child.pdf
21 Century Skills:
Websites:
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills:
www.21stcenturyskills.org
The Conference Board of Canada:
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.aspx
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development:
www.ascd.org
en Gauge 21st Century Skills - Literacy in the Digital Age:
http://www.metiri.com/21/21%20Century%20Skills%20Final.doc
The Critical Thinking Consortium
http://www.tc2.ca/wp/constortium
The Alberta Assessment Consortium
http://www.aac.ab.ca/index.html
Articles:
'Soft Skills' in Big Demand:
http://lnk.edweek.org/edweek/index.html?url=/ew/articles/2007/06/12/40soft.h26.html&tkn=YfnDPlSNSD6Z1hnvgC6UCAG4rUHbrTvU>
Interest in teaching students "habits of mind" for success in life is on the rise:
http://lnk.edweek.org/edweek/index.html?url=/ew/articles/2007/06/12/40soft.h26.html&tkn=YfnDPlSNSD6Z1hnvgC6UCAG4rUHbrTvU
21st Century Assessment:
Assessing and teaching 21st century skills.pdf
Innovative Learning Environments:
Websites:
Design Share - designing for the future of learning: http://www.designshare.com/index.php/home
Design for Learning - http://www.ideo.com/thinking/focus/design-for-learning
Articles:
Student-centred active learning environment for undergraduate programs:
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/
Technology in Schools:
Websites:
Metiri Group - enGuage 21st Century Skills - Literacy in the Digital Age:
http://www.metiri.com/21/21%20Century%20Skills%20Final.doc
Articles:
Technology in Schools - To Support the system or Render if Obsolete:
A New Model for Education:
Adopt-and-adapt:
http://www.edutopia.org/adopt-and-adapt
Brain Research and How we Learn:
Websites:
Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner):
http://www.howardgardner.com/index.html
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
Community Schools:
Websites:
http://www.communityschools.org/partnerships.html
Teacher Professional Development:
Articles:
Investing in Teachers - a Summary:
Teacher PD.pdf
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University of Toronto: Characteristics of High Performing School Districts
Characteristics of High Performing School Districts.pdf
ASCD Article: February 2009 : Supporting Teacher Learing Teams
Supporting teacher learning teams.pdf
ASCD Article: February 2009: How Nations Invest in Teachers
How nations invest in teachers.pdf
ASCD Article: February 2009: Teacher Learning - What Matters?
Teacher learning . What Matters.pdf
Parenting:
Responding vs. Reacting to your Kids - Charlie Appelstein
Responding vs. Reacting Charlie Appelstein.ppt
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