“Marking is soul-destroying,” proclaimed a disheveled looking woman in the front row. “I’m not kidding,” she insisted, “it is actually destroying my soul.” Shouts of Amen! came from several teachers in the crowd, and the woman with the destroyed soul leaned forward, looking eager to hear whatever advice the workshop leader might offer. This was […]
Teacher in Play: The Invitation of Performative Inquiry by Lynn Fels
Lynn Fels is Assistant Professor at SFU. Her research interests are performance and technology, performative inquiry, and teacher education. She and co-author George Belliveau recently published Exploring Curriculum: Performative Inquiry, Role Drama, and Learning. The story that follows was told to me by a colleague of a grade twelve English teacher who had taken his […]
List of Winners 2008-2009
These are the 2008-2009 winners!