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Engagement

What did you do in school today?

Transforming Classrooms through Social, Academic and Intellectual Engagement

by: Dr. Sharon Friesen, Penny Milton, J. Douglas Willms

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Through What did you do in school today? the Canadian Education Association, in partnership with the Canadian Council on Learning and school districts across Canada, are bringing life to the idea of student engagement in the classroom, and exploring its powerful relationship with adolescent learning, student achievement, and effective teaching.

 

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Sharon_Friesen

Dr. Sharon Friesen

Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

Sharon Friesen is a professor and President of the Galileo Educational Network at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Her research interests include the ways in which K-12 educational structures, curriculum, and pedagogies need to be reinvented for our contemporary society.

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Penny Milton

Penny Milton

Penny Milton is former CEO of the Canadian Education Association and the initiator of What did you do in school today?

Penny Milton a été chef de la direction de l’Association canadienne d’éducation et a lancé l’initiative Qu’as-tu fait à l’école aujourd’hui?

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J. Douglas Willms

J. Douglas Willms is a Professor and Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the International Academy of Education, and a Member of the US National Academy of Education.

J. Douglas Willms est professeur et directeur de l’Institut canadien de recherche en politiques sociales à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick (UNB). Il est également membre de la Société royale du Canada, de l'Académie Internationale de l'Éducation et de l'Académie nationale américaine de l'éducation.

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