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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Introducing the Capacities

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Or, How to Think Like a River. In British Columbia, we are about 6 years into 8+ year process to implement new curriculum in our K-12 scho...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Teachers as Advocates for Public Education

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Like many school districts, the one in which I work has policies on employee rights & responsibilities that includes language on how tea...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

New job

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After 23 years of teaching Social Studies, English, Geography, and other fun stuff, sometimes with various pull-outs blocks for leadership o...
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Monday, December 04, 2017

Approaches to the Revised Curriculum

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The path by which BC has arrived at a new curricular landscape for Social Studies is neither straight nor intuitive. Many teachers have ex...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Governor General Award

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This week, the recipients of the 2017 Governor General's History Awards were announced, and I am humbled and thrilled to be counted amo...
Friday, October 27, 2017

School as a system of spaces

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Recently, I had my Grade 11 Social Studies students examine the "human experience" at our school, D.P. Todd Secondary in Prince...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

The Sourcebook

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Along with 8 other BC teachers, I've had the pleasure of working on a teaching & learning resource for BC Social Studies 9 -- ...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

To Trump or Not to Trump

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"I may be 13, but I’m wide awake to the racism in America" reference: Opinion, Globe and Mail, August 23rd, 2017 A friend and c...
Friday, June 02, 2017

Assessment in Social Studies

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Why do we need a new way to assess progress in Social Studies? It may not come as a surprise but most teachers loathe marking. Being...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Equity Motions and the BCTF AGM

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At the upcoming BCTF AGM, there are a series of recommendations (from the BCTF executive) and one recommendation (from a union local) that d...
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