Monthly Archives: December 2012
A personal view of educational reform in the last 36 years
When I started teaching in 1976, Ontario was in the grips of the Hall-Dennis report. This report had recommended progressive, liberal changes to a rigid, rote-dominated system. The changes were supposed to create child-centred classrooms, encourage creativity and learning and … Continue reading
The reading dilemma
Are the majority of secondary students reading their English texts? This is a question that educators have been asking for a few years. These 2 short videos suggest that this is a real problem here and here. In the first video, … Continue reading
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