Standard: Facilitating Collaborative Engagement to Cultivate and Empower a Community of Learners
Theme: National and Global Engagement
Growth Phase: Evolving
Growth Indicator: Students study and research current national and global issues to examine contextual causes and effects.
An Ontario teacher-librarian writes about learning documentation and reflection process through sharing a learning experience model used in the example of enable difficult conversation such as in the study of A Secret Path (Downie).
Mulcaster, M. (2019, May 21). Tearing Down and Building Back Up: An Assessment of a Learning Experience. Canadian School Libraries Journal 3(2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/tearing-down-and-building-back-up-an-assessment-of-a-learning-experience/
TEACH Magazine, an educational journal based in Ontario, collaborated with Canadian School Libraries and Bibliovideo, to produce a video series featuring 12 Canadian-authored books focused on three themes: Indigenous Voices, Global Issues, and Student Well-Being. Each video includes a related lesson with original teaching resources for follow-up and follow through. These valuable teaching tools help engage students on a variety of global issues.
TEACH Magazine. (2023). Great Canadian Books [Video file]. Retrieved from https://teachmag.com/great-canadian-books
A British Columbia District Learning Commons Teacher-Librarian shares successes and reflections incurred during a student project developed at his former public school Montessori based school, grades 4-7. Rather than having students produce a traditional “specific product” report on a country of choice, the project goal was to identify an issue in a country and devise a solution to be presented “Dragon’s Den style” to the teachers playing the role of funders. Incredibly varied presentations ensued, with students fondly recalling the project years later.
Jeffery, J. (2023). Going Beyond Country Research- Inquiry In Action. Retrieved from
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hf2-3-h56ZZXu9QpxRsEFOOw9OlxYy0Ekmzlwi6kgvg/edit