Assessment Is Central to Learning
Among educators, there is very little argument about whether or not engaging in assessment is a required dimension in the role of teachers. There is, however, much variability in individuals’…
Learning and Self-Assessment: Hoops or Authenticity?
I’d like to ask you a question. After you read it in the next paragraph, would you take a moment to pause and consider your answer before you read further?…
Aligning Assessment Practice with concepts teachers understand
Conversations and questions abound among teaching staff about assessment and its alignment with the modernized BC curriculum. Why is there a renewed focus on assessment strategies within the education system? What…
Inquiry: Learning is not Passive
Learning Is Not Passive I like to define learning as a process where students’ actions, thinking, and feelings are different than they were before a given engagement. Learning is an intensely personal…
Toward a Common North Star
In the world of education today there is much dialogue aroundthe claimed necessity for an education revolution. For example, acurrent figurehead for the discussion, Sir Ken Robinson, suggeststhat many of…
Engage Your Planning with Core Competency as the Starting Point
This is an exciting time to be involved in education. During the last few hundred years, schooling has been characterized by discipline-based and content-focused studies whose success has been measured,…