By Christa Rawlings (MEd in Imaginative Education; Grade 6 Teacher) 5 years into my teaching degree I was bored. Bored, bored, bored. I could not believe that I had spent so much time, effort and money getting into a career that I found dull already. I was very tempted to abandon teaching altogether and find […]
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Random thoughts on all aspects of education
Guidelines For Assessment Of Place-Based Learning
I’m really pleased to be a part of the Place-Based Education (PBE) Thought Leadership Campaign at GettingSmart. My first contribution to the campaign looked at the role of imagination and relationships in PBE; read it here. This post is about assessment in the context of place-based and imaginative learning: Assessment of learning is a complex and sensitive process. In the context of […]
My Teaching “Top 5”
Earlier this year I connected with other educators who like to blog. We came together over #sunchat, a Twitter-based Sunday morning chat. We called ourselves the #Sunchatbloggers! We provide each other with feedback and encouragement. Someone in the group suggested we all post on the same topic: our “Top 5”. Some people will post about strategies, […]