Inspiration for student teachers
1 JANUARY 2003
“The most important thing a teacher can do each day is to teach so that students want to come back tomorrow.” Charles Sturt University (CSU) Ontario teacher education students were challenged by these words from keynote speaker Les Asselstine at the Fourth Annual Integrated Curriculum Conference held in February. Mr Asselstine also spoke about the importance of building inquiry into all school students’ learning activities. Other sessions focused on integrating science and social studies through dance, drama, media, technology, visual arts and literacy activities in the primary and junior divisions. Students also attended a field trip to Crawford Lake, a 15th Century reconstructed Iroquoian Village. At the end of the conference, one CSU student said, “It’s important not to ‘section off’ parts of the day, but rather to ‘live’ the curriculum all the time, connecting learning to real life at every chance”.
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