Assessment is a problem in schools and even more problematic in the home.
Category: Education
On John Holt and Parenting
Unschooling is a popular term but its interpretations and applications vary wildly. In Part I, I turn to the father of unschooling and find that his writings go beyond homeschooling to be useful for parenting as well.
Toddler Art
Toddler art is exactly not what I expected.
Good Enough
When I was in teacher’s college, a speaker told us that to be the best teacher, we had to settle for mediocrity. Sounds terrible, right?
How We Got to Thinking about Homeschooling
Disclaimer: Our kid isn’t even two.
Still Alive!
London was pretty crazy in terms of a first-time teaching experience. Or so we thought. Then we came to Dagang.
Being a Student
Both Andrea and I miss being students. As a teacher, we also really need to understand what it’s like to be a student. In this post, I’m going to explore a little bit of both of these things. Being a Student Life use to be straightforward. Things mostly came down to myself: if I paid…
Canadian vs UK Schools
…is the comparison I would like to make. However, knowing that dependent on the province, city, district, specific school that you’re in, things can be quite different. So perhaps a more specific (and unfortunately less catchy (and therefore not being used)) title is: Tom Baines and Sir Winston Churchill vs. The Warren. Or what I remember…
Not a Girl Scouts’ Camp
This post is probably the most difficult to write because it discusses how teaching in the UK for the past three and a half months has been the opposite of a picnic. Although by the time this post is published, I’ll have survived the first term. And I really do mean survived.
Mission Accomplished: Gladstone Secondary Practicum
My practicum was at Gladstone Secondary School, and to date it has been the most challenging and most difficult task I’ve faced.
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