A Community Perspective on Schooling is another approach to describing what occurs in a school. It offers a theoretical basis for individualized instruction, multicultural curriculums, and collaboration with students, parents, staff, and others. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/perspective.htm
Local Control of Education in a Global Environment discusses the inherent conflicts between two major educational trends, devolution and globalization. The author argues strongly that if a community needs to chose which trend to follow, it should opt for devolution. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/global.htm
Locally Managed Schools: What Do They Do? looked at goals (results) the schools thought were important and the schools' ability to meet them. The criteria used to determine if the schools have been successful were the indicators identified by the schools in their budget documents. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/localschools.htm
Students and Standards The demands for accountability in education have resulted in student achievement being defined in terms of meeting Provincial standards. This study found that schools were directing their efforts toward teaching the tested Provincial curriculum. Further, the schools were standardizing their assessment methods, to correspond to those used by the province and to provide internal consistency. This approach helps schools to meet Provincial standards, but it reduces the scope and flexibility of school programs. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/studstand.htm
Authentic Assessment: a briefing provides an introduction to authentic assesment. It discusses what it is, why you would want to use it, and what is required to implement it. There are also links to sites offering indepth analysis and examples. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/assessment.htm
Collaborating with School Councils describes a method for changing a parent or school council from a group that is consulted after decisions are made to collaborative partners in making those decisions. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/collaborate.htm
The
Theatre of the Absurd: The Parent/Student/Teacher Interview
This is a play based on an actual
interview.
Important questions are raised about the purpose of parent-teacher
interviews
and how students are treated in the process.
http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/edarticles/Theatre.htm
Quantum 2000 is getting dated. In the article I suggest that letting students work at their own speed will allow them to complete up to two years of post secondary education before they leave high school. This would strengthen the curriculum, improve access to education and reduce costs. I still think this is a good argument for student centered learning. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/quantum.htm
WebtoWeb: Writing in HTML describes how WYSIWYG html editors that come with your browser can be used to transform a mind map into a web site. Also, there are several references about the development and use of interactive documents. http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/public_html/webtoweb/index.html
Mattie and Henry have a problem with celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. (fiction, humour) http://www.clubwebcanada.ca/l-pphillips/fiction/MatieHenry.htm (Index)
Last updated on August 3, 2005