Apr 25, 20143 min read
SUBJECT, CITIZEN, CONSUMER
It makes me laugh to think about our present notion of a model citizen and worker. You can hear elected officials, school administrators,...
Mar 27, 20145 min read
ASSESSING ASSESSMENT ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENTS
Jenny: Chris, what you have quoted were all, according to your own headers, referring to Q1: benefits and drawbacks. If they are actually...
Jan 8, 20148 min read
THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION or WHAT EVERY BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEEDS TO KNOW
British Columbia’s Ministry of Education has developed a new Education Plan. Their stated aim is to improve the provincial education...
Nov 29, 20138 min read
IN-CLASS ESSAY
To me, the entire grade-school situation appears, by design, impossibly fragmented. Where, more so than at school, are people and ideas...
Nov 29, 201319 min read
INQUIRY INTO TEACHER EDUCATION
Our year of teacher education has only begun and already we have been introduced to so many knowledgeable instructors, inspiring mentors,...
Nov 2, 20132 min read
TUITION?
We actually hear a lot about tuition fees. (Of course we don’t tend to do much about the problem of tuition inflation, but it is talked...
Oct 10, 20129 min read
SOME KIND OF ANNIVERSARY
From: Journal 2002 The October phone bill arrived. Almost the entire bill was charges you incurred: $80 of the $98 total. When I gave you...
Nov 8, 20117 min read
A COURSE IN DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION
Bob, I am willing to rewrite my proposal, to clarify and rework my project; however, I don’t know where to start. To be honest, I am...
Dec 20, 200710 min read
THE END OF THE BEGINNING
My ex and I had been together six years when she was given an offer to do her PhD in Australia, all expenses paid. Though doing a PhD was...