Wednesday May 2, 2012
Sir Ken Robinson
Posted by Christina Harnett
His talks on YouTube have been viewed by millions of people in more than 150 countries.
He's considered one of the world's most influential thinkers on innovation and creativity...and he's even been knighted.
Sir Ken Robinson believes the public school system, with its reliance on standardized testing and narrow curricula, is stripping children of their natural creativity.
He was in Halifax recently and he sat down for a chat with Pauline.
Listen Here
Categories: Mind The Gap
Friday April 13, 2012
Knitting, bagged lunches and no Facebook...
Posted by Christina Harnett
Teachers at Moncton High were noticing a disturbing trend among their students.
They seemed tired, anxious and disconnected with their community.
So the teachers decided to do something about it, to try and get their students back.
The CBC's Vanessa Blanch put together our documentary.
Categories: Mind The Gap
Friday January 27, 2012
Mind the Gap - Teachers Edition
Posted by Christina Harnett
In our on-going series about education, two veteran teachers talk about the challenges they face, and what they think would make the system better.
Categories: Mind The Gap
- May 2012
- Wed., 2 – Sir Ken Robinson
- April 2012
- Fri., 13 – Knitting, bagged lunches and no Facebook...
- January 2012
- Fri., 27 – Mind the Gap - Teachers Edition
- November 2011
- Tue., 1 – The Supers
- September 2011
- Fri., 16 – Mind The Gap

