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Category: Notes
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Sargent, M. (2023). More ways of Learning
Foundations of practice for (inquiry) teachers
On the necessity of relief cuts; BCIT SW9
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Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
Header image: On of my weighted paracord fidgets. First Confession by Frank O’Connor [See the bottom of the page if you’d prefer to watch a film adaptation of the piece] All the trouble began when my grandfather died and my grand-mother – my father’s mother – came to live with us. Relations in the one […]
Leitrim’s finest
“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”
“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”
Standard #9
[under construction] h/t to Isaiah Hardy for getting me thinking about this
The Greatest Canadian
CBC Premier Broadcast (October 17th, 2004)
PhD as Pilgrimage
Seeking reconciliation with the Other
“My Parting Prescription for America”
Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy 19th & 21st Surgeon General of the United States Vice Admiral, United States Public Health Service
The Charter (esp. S.33, NWC) and some cases related to K-12
Singer’s “Drowning Child”
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Le Guin: A Rant About “Technology”
Ursula Le Guin (2005): A Rant About “Technology”.
Corruptio optimi pessima
The Corruption of the Best: On Ivan Illich
More Möbius
Further exploration of the Möbius Strip
The Enclosure of the Human Psyche
Michael Sacasas (2024): The Enclosure of the Human Psyche.
On Discernment
Anne Phelan (2005): On Discernment: The Wisdom of Practice and the Practice of Wisdom in Teacher Education
Complexity Science
Zimmerman et al. (1998): A Complexity Science Primer: What is Complexity Science and Why Should I Learn About It?
Pedagogy of the Heart
Carl Leggo (2005): Pedagogy of the Heart: Ruminations on Living Poetically
To know as we are known
Parker Palmer (1993): To Know as We Are Known: A Spirituality of Education.
David Autor (2024): AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class
The Shape Of Craft
Ezra Shales (2017): The shape of craft
Header image: Darryl Dick/The Canadian Press Naloxone (pronounced na-LOX-own) is a fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, also called an opioid poisoning. [source] ∞ (April 28, 2025) Inquest into UVic student overdose hears heart-wrenching testimony from mother https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coroner-s-inquest-into-uvic-overdose-death-begins-monday-1.7520574 (Feb 18, 2025) DTES support worker says recovery-oriented approach needs to replace […]
Al Will Take Over Human Systems From Within
Yuval Noah Harari (2024): Nexus
Technacy education
Seemann (2009): Technacy education
Servatius v. Alberni School District No. 70
(2016) Mother who sued Port Alberni school board over First Nations smudging ceremony
Indigenizing Shop: Jeremy O’Shea
Jeremy O’Shea (2021): MEd on “Indigenizing Shop”
Read (1958): I, Pencil
Leonard Read (1958): I, Pencil – My Family Tree
Text of 1998 “Statement of Reconciliation”
Sand and Foam
Kahlil Gibran (1926): Sand and Foam
BCTF resource (2023): “to support teachers in being consciously reflective of their professional autonomy as well as their rights and responsibilities as a teacher”
Manual Training for All
KF: scan images from BC Archive
Clarke & Robertson (2001): Insight into “questionable” research practices
Babakiueria (1986)
Babakiueria (Barbeque Area): A 1986 Australian satirical film on relations between Aboriginal Australians and Australians of European descent.
Educated Person Exercise
Coulter & Wiens (2008): Why do we educate? R
Byung-Chul Han’s Burnout Society (review)
“Our Only Imperative is to Achieve”
Poetter (2024) Curriculum Fragments
Thomas Poetter (2024): Book launch
David Whyte
“Hiding is a way of holding ourselves until we are ready to come into the light.”
Discipline Outcomes
BC K-12 Discipline Outcomes and associated media coverage
Stephen Petrina (2003): Ed Tech (ET) is Tech Ed (TE)
The Three Rules of Humane Tech
Metcalfe (2023): Social Media, AI, and the Battle for Your Brain
Connell, R. (2009): towards a new view of teacher quality and professionalism
The Therapeutic Benefits Of Wood Carving
An interview with Graeme Hamilton, a Tech Ed teacher at Oak Bay Secondary School in Victoria
Legislation that introduced the offence of “wilfully promoting antisemitism by condoning, denying or downplaying the Holocaust through statements communicated other than in private conversation”
A Short History of Progress: Ronald Wright
The 2004 CBC Massey Lectures, “A Short History of Progress”
The Provincial Tuition Waiver Program waives tuition and eligible fees for B.C. students who are current and former children or youth in care studying full-time or part-time, below the graduate level,
AGI: Artificial General Intelligence
My notes on “AI”, better referred to as AGI
