Tag: high school or secondary school

Mind Brain Education CTTL Elementary Academy: Day 3 – MusTech.NetMind Brain Education CTTL Elementary Academy: Day 3 – MusTech.Net

July 6, 2023| 6:58 am

The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (CTTL) continued its elementary academy for the third day, with us further diving into Mind Brain Education (MBE). Focus on Reading Dan Willingham led an excellent deep-dive session titled “Everything Scientists Know About the Teaching of Reading.” This talk was divided into Decoding, Fluency, Comprehension, and Motivation. And the spokesperson for how children learn to read and the myths about reading. As an elementary music educator, I had the following takeaways: Aural language is observed everywhere in every culture. And, children learn it without any instructions. So, spoken language is a natural process.…

Quebec’s first school guide to genocide education is now available in English after six years of workQuebec’s first school guide to genocide education is now available in English after six years of work

May 2, 2023| 8:31 am

The first resource specifically for teaching about genocide at the high school level in Quebec is now available in English. Unlike the French version launched last year, Studying Genocide is only available online for now, and not in printed form. It is the only material currently available covering 20th-century genocides, including the Holocaust, a subject that is not mandatory in Quebec schools. Both versions are the fruit of many years of effort by Heidi Berger, the daughter of Holocaust survivors. She was appalled by the lack of knowledge of the Holocaust among Quebec high school students and inadequate materials for…