The important work of Sarah Hook-Nilsson and her wonderful and committed “co-inspirators” continues in the Gulf Islands. We thank them for the timely inspiration of their recent UPDATE (.pdf opens in new window)....
Now located mainly within schools within 5 districts in south and south-eastern British Columbia, the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program (WKTEP) is accepting applications for a 12-month option in both the Elementary and Secondary...
For a depiction of education in “a combination of academic rigor, community purpose and heart” you can find a link to the trailer for a new film called “Schools that Change Communities” at the...
Becoming a History Teacher: Sustaining Practices in Historical Thinking and Knowing. Ruth Sandwell and Amy von Heyking (Eds.). University of Toronto Press, 2014. This book positions itself within “a revolution in history...
Doing Educational Research in Rural Settings: Methodological issues, international perspectives and practical solutions. Simone White & Michael Corbett (Eds.) Routledge, 2014. Taking up the “key question of how to conduct educational research within...
One is on innovation (The Path is Made by Walking) and the other on Community (The Community is Learning About Itself), both are now online and available for viewing in the Growing Innovation video...
The Green Apple Day of Service, which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, gives parents, teachers, students, companies and local organizations the opportunity to transform all schools into healthy, safe and productive...
From the website Forest Schools Chronicle don’t miss Canadian artist and naturalist Robert Bateman’s affecting endorsement of the guide Forest and Nature School in Canada: A Head, Heart, Hands Approach to Outdoor learning, which...
From Community Works Journal, an online journal for educators please find this article by prominent outdoor education thinker and activist David Sobel and Riley Hopeman on Taking the Classroom to the Forest: A School’s...
In the United States, the Center for Green Schools and the US Green Building Council (who develop sustainable building to their LEED certification standards) have convened to create a timeline to 2040 for...
The Rix Professorship sent a representative to the National Green Schools Conference in Sacramento, Ca. last month in order to be better able to support Growing Innovation projects where broadly ‘green’ themes are concerned. ...
An intensive second semester program for visiting grade 10-12 students, the Full Cycle Food Project will commence at the Crawford Bay Elementary/Secondary School in February, 2015. For community empowerment through student leadership in small...
A resource is designed for all teacher educators, RRRTEC has been developed to support teacher educators to prepare future graduates for the challenges and opportunities of teaching in rural/regional communities. The materials available on...
Follow this blog for some great ideas in educating for sustainability, starting with a grade 5/6 project where students examine the food system and its impacts on the environment, learn about water resources and...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Investigating Our Practices (IOP) Conference IOP 2014 Conference | May 3 UBC Vancouver Faculty of Education iop.educ.ubc.ca Teaching is demanding and complex work, made more difficult if we try to do...
From the Journal of Research in Rural Education recommended (with commendations to Anita!) is: Prest, A. (2013). The importance of context, reflection, interaction, and consequence in rural music education practice. Journal of Research in...
The Rural & Small Schools Provincial Specialists’ Association of the BCTF annually awards two bursaries of $400 each to BC teacher candidates going to rural sites for practicum. Applicants are asked to submit essays...
The Association of BC Deans of Education has recognized our own Linda Farr Darling with the 2013 “Teacher Educator of the Year Award.” The award cites Linda’s “innovative practices to re-conceptualize teacher education particularly in...
The Growing Innovation program was followed up by a project intended to document a number of the many wonderful Growing Innovation projects. The result may be found in the video gallery of this site. ...
In the BCPVPA’s Adminfo magazine’s February issue is available now Growing Innovation in Rural Sites of Learning by Linda Farr Darling, Patricia Dooley and Terry Taylor (the third of three articles, in which the...