Guided Inquiry – Reflections on Two Days with Leslie Maniotes

I love my school.  I’ve had an opportunity for the past two days to hang out with Leslie Maniotes and delve deeper into Guided Inquiry.  Long-time readers of this blog (you know who you are) w...

Tightrope Walking

We started a new Guided Inquiry unit this week with a Grade 8 Creative Writing Class.  The idea behind this unit is that students use research around world issues, specifically the UN’s 17 Sust...

Maker Club – Up and Running

The great experiment has begun.  Not sure where it will go and what success will look like at this point, but that’s half the adventure!  We officially have a Maker Club at St. George’s....

Education as Behaviour Modification

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea that we, as educators, are in the business of behaviour modification.  I remember discussion of Skinner and others in my Ed Psych classes, back in...