Sound research is too often missing when changes are advocated for education policy and teaching practice. The global push for education reforms too often starts with preconceived solutions.
Over the winter holidays I discovered The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha, who decided that there was so much bad news in the world and in his own life that he needed to find and blog about a single, simple joy every day – things like the yeasty smell of a bakery, finding money in your po
As a new teacher, getting to know your federation and the resources it provides is one of the best gifts you can give yourself.
In this article, participants in Reflections on Practice (ROP) and in the Teachers Learning Together (TLT) programs reflect on the impact their involvement had on their students, their teaching practice, and their professional lives.
Members of provincial parliament met with ETFO presidents and executive members at an informal breakfast gathering.
Every year thousands of ETFO members take part in a rich form of professional learning, learning that takes place in their own classrooms. It’s a learning opportunity that happens when they agree to become associate teachers. Associate teachers are those who volunteer to have a student teache
You may not have a disability now but you will probably have one eventually. That makes persons with disabilities “the minority of everyone,” says David Lepofsky.
Is there any time in the school year that is more hectic than the fall? Arguably, all seasons are jam-packed, but the start of a school year seems to be especially busy. At OTF, autumn brings a whirlwind of activities and events.
In The Last Lecture, college professor Randy Pausch writes that for him the “number one goal [of education] was this: I wanted to help students learn how to judge themselves . . . In the end, educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective.”
“The pursuit of self-knowledge —knowledge of the self as an individual, as a male or female, as a member of a race and community, as part of a particular age group — blends easily into a study of relations with others. Part of learning to care for one’s self is a concomitant learning