Professional Development Plan
When asked about plans after the PIDP, I would say I have some fairly concrete ones. While I have done other diplomas along the way since...
Chunking ...
Chapter 6 by Brookfield offers "chunking a lecture" in his advise for best practise. What , you might ask, is chunking? It was a new term...
Creative Lecture
I enjoy lecture, I like it as a learner, I like it as an instructor. For me, I enjoy conveying and receiving this information in an oral...
The Opportunities in Accreditation
In June I was asked to present at a conference, speakign about the direction of our field. It was impossible NOT to highlight the new...
Accreditation
Rather than a story about accreditation elsewhere, I'll share our current progression from provincial to national accreditation. Our site...
Resistance is futile!
Apparently not, according to Brookfield, multiple chapters are dedicated to the issue of students resistance to learning, assisting...
Uncomfortable read
Racism is not an issue I would have expected to take a significant focus in Brookfield's book, however I found the perspective was very...
Stronger with diversity
Stephen Brookfield's text "The Skillful Teacher" addresses challenges he has seen in the classroom surrounding issues of diversity....
Diversity's many faces, and why tolerance looks good on them all
Turning a new leaf in Stephen Brookfield's book this week, I'd like to touch on a marvelous quote "As teachers we all bring different...
Walking out the door
As I delve deeper into Brookfield's book on college teaching I came across a truth of his that rings clearly on experiences we have seen...
