Research Articles

• Teacher Diversity in Canada

  October 28, 2011

  This article examines the racial diversity of the teacher population in Canada. The authors’ compare the number of teachers of colour in Canadian elementary and secondary schools from the 2001 and 2006 Census data with the diversity of the student and general populations. The authors explore ways to address the gap between the proportion of Canadian educators and students of colour by interrogating the leaky pipeline metaphor that scholars employ to account for labour shortages. They contend that the pipeline ...

  James Ryan Canada Education Fab Antonelli Katina Polluck Teacher Effectiveness Diversity

• Developing Classroom Websites for 21st Century Learning

  October 11, 2011

  Classroom websites can support and enhance student learning by targeting 21st century skills, such as collaboration, media literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, and self-directional skills. For example, website components such as collaborative projects can improve interpersonal skills which are critical for the 21st century student.  By making learning a social event, teachers can keep students engaged with course material. Using classroom websites encourages students to seek out information themselves, a necessary skill for success in the 21st century. 
  
  Students are ...

  Personalized Learning Classroom Websites Jennifer Tingen 21st Century Learning Lori B. Halcomb Technology Lauren Philbeck