Topic: Teaching and learning
Short-term anti-racist training is not enough to counter systemic racism in Canadian education
Ministries of education need to embed ongoing anti-racist training into their teacher education programs. Short-term anti-bias training has little impact. Here, a […]
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Distance learning: How to avoid falling into ‘techno traps’
There’s strong pressure to use more technology to capture student attention, but what about inviting students to adopt a contemplative posture? As […]
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How to be a mindful anti-racist
People take part in a mass meditation on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick These […]
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Outdoor education at universities can be a positive legacy of COVID-19
An orientation week organizer wearing a shirt promoting physical distancing of two metres sits in a new outdoor ampitheatre at Université de […]
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For university students, COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises
A lone cyclist rides past the University of Toronto campus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on June 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN […]
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Gaining knowledge is what makes a degree valuable, not graduate salaries or transferable skills
PhotoSky/Shutterstock The unexpected social and economic challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic have given increased urgency to questions about the purposes of […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Online education, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission
Renowned educator Paulo Freire would have questioned how we are schooling our kids in the age of COVID-19
The late education philosopher Paulo Freire would have argued that online schooling further entitles those in positions of power. Nefandisimo, CC BY-SA […]
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“Mind the gap”: The four modes of successful online teaching
This the final article in a three-part series. Read parts one and two. At the end of part two, I promised a […]
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“Mind the gap”: The enormity of change in the transition to online learning
This the second of a three-part series. Read parts one and three. The enormity of change Change is difficult. It is threatening […]
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“Mind the gap”: Critical insights on the urgent transition to online learning in a time of crisis
This the first of a three-part series. Read parts two and three. Amidst 2020’s pandemic, a great shift is taking place. It […]
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