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As information becomes more and more viral, public educators have an ethical and moral obligation to teach our students skills of critical inquiry and multiple literacies.

This educator's resource is designed to provide support for Junior, Intermediate, and Secondary Teachers who wish to integrate work on challenging socio-economic class bias into their teaching. Most of the activities and resources within this document hav

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SD = Identifying Similarities and Differences CL = Cooperative Learning SNT = Summarizing and Note-Taking ER = Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition HP = Homework and Practice NR = Nonlinguistic Representation OF = Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback HYP = Generating and Testing Hypotheses QCO = Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers

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Thisi s a very good overview of the nature of paradigm shifts - and accurately describes our current moment of transition.

a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

According to the authors, several key elements guide differentiation in the education environment. Tomlinson (2001) identifies three elements of the curriculum that can be differentiated: Content, Process, and Products. Additionally, several guidelines are noted to help educators form an understanding and develop ideas around differentiating instruction.

What Works in Classroom Instruction by Robert J. Marzano, et. al.

CultureSource.ca is the pre-eminent online cultural resource library for Canadian teachers. Conveniently located online, CultureSource.ca is a collection of approved arts, history and literature resources, ideal for including in lesson plans and in the classroom.

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This site has a dual focus, providing both a general overview of critical pedagogy--its definitions, history, key concepts, and major theorists--and links to other critical pedagogy resources on the web

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After having read what the research has to offer on differentiated instruction, specifically, brain-based research on learning, learning styles and multiple intelligences, and authentic assessment, you are now ready to plan.

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Children of all ages should study philosophy in school to develop their critical thinking skills, education experts said today.

To watch the rest of this video visit: http://freire.education.mcg... A dialogue between Joe L. Kincheloe, Canada Research Chair in Critical Pedagogy and Henry A. Giroux, Global Television Network...