I grew up surrounded by lifelong educators — people truly passionate about the wonders of the world, and our discovery of it. They taught me that education provides a compass by which to better navigate life (this includes all forms of learning, not just formal, academic learning). For my benefit too, my best teachers armed me with an undying curiosity and an equally undying desire to satiate it. Knowing how much I enjoyed tutoring growing up, I knew I would eventually heed this call to teach myself.
Witnessing my own son go through his own learning journey — the good and the bad — only fortified this desire. His experiences going through special education and the gifted system only made me appreciate the importance of student-centred teaching. This was amplified when I applied this philosophy through my own teacher education at University of Toronto (OISE) and to practice in my own classrooms.
So why here, why now? Understanding teaching and learning from these multiple lenses of learner, mother, teacher makes me sensitive to the competing pressures teachers, parents, and students in turn face when steering their own learning. Applying my knowledge from my existing work experience in media, I am a firm believer that student learning needs to connect to real-world experiences.
So my goal here is to explore and provide teaching resources to busy teachers and parents that are engaging, student-centred, and that ultimately seek to empower learners to feel more connected to themselves, each other, and the world at large.
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sp*rk curiosity 