Aug 12, 20234 min read
5.2 Core Competencies: “Soft Skills” for a Hard World
My teaching career has taken me on adventures across Canada and New Zealand, and I’ve had the opportunity to teach at high schools, K-12...
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Aug 9, 20233 min read
5.1 Science- and Trauma-Informed Literacy Education for 21st Century Learning
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the purpose of education and the reasons that people like you and I persist in this wonderful and...
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Aug 3, 20233 min read
4.2 Equity and Diversity in Teaching and Learning 21st Century Skills
Transforming Good Intentions Into Effective Actions Most of us believe ourselves to be good people and good citizens of planet Earth. We...
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Jul 30, 20233 min read
4.1 Indigenous Knowledges in Harmony with 21st Century Skills
This blog series has centered on Core Competencies, which in my last post I equated with 21st Century Skills, as I use these terms...
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Jul 28, 20233 min read
3.2 Leveraging the Core Competencies for Learner-Centered Assessment
The first time that fractions mattered to me was when I needed to calculate my overall percentage on a Math 12 exam. The mark was all...
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Jul 27, 20233 min read
3.1 Teaching the Citizens of the 21st Century
Are the Core Competencies a reasonable training ground for developing the citizens of the 21st century? Have a look at the curriculum...
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Jul 19, 20233 min read
2.2 Why Innovative Teaching for 21CC?
Innovation marches inexorably to an unimaginable future. Industry clamours for innovation, yet consumers can neither respond adequately...
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