The Heroic Classroom – The Return

By Christa Smith (formally Rawlings) (MEd in IE; Grade 6/7  Teacher, Learning in Depth Teacher) Welcome back to The Heroic Classroom series! Over the course of the school year I have been on the hunt for two things: 1. Reflections on my lessons and how various Heroic Qualities present themselves. 2. Observations of how/if students recognize Cognitive Tools in action […]

The Secret to LiD Success?—A Cognitive Tool Approach to Learning

By Michael D. Datura Michael is a teacher on the unceded territories of the Salish peoples, a doctoral candidate, and occasionally a poet. He’s a member of the Academic Council for CIRCE and teaches graduate-level teachers on an Imaginative Education approach to learning. He also likes long walks in the forest. “Piaget is just a […]