From the Ontario Ministry of Education, a new site that welcomes Student Voice. Speak Up is the heading this initiative is getting started with.
I've Got Something to Say by
In I've Got Something to Say, teachers will learn how to inspire students to buy into their own learning by giving them a voice in determining, organizing, structuring, and responding to what is happening in the classroom. This timely book details how to create a powerful classroom that reflects a community of voices and nurtures group interactions. It offers practical strategies that will engage students in thoughtful dialogue and discussion as a class, in groups, and with partners and presents transcripts from children's classroom dialogues and conversations that illustrate a variety of classroom interactions.
Ontario's Parent Engagement Policy and strategies are emerging from the 2010 report A Parent Engagement Policy for Ontario Schools, 2010.
Erwin, Jonathan C. (2003). Giving students what they need. Educational Leadership, 61.1, pp.19-23.
Smith, M. K. (2004). Nel Noddings: The ethics of care and education. The Encyclopedia of Informal Education.
Angela Duckworth, the author of Grit, is the founder and CEO of Character Lab -- a research network that works to "develop and text activities to better understand how to support the development of character and well-being in young people" (https://www.characterlab.org/about). Check out the Playbooks -- lists of resources -- on grit, gratitude, self-control, and curiosity,
Hill, Vicky. (2016). Inspiring learners with a passion-filled curriculum. Creative Teaching & Learning 6.3:42-48.
Wolk, Stephen. (2008). Joy in School, Educational Leadership 66.1: 8-15. For more access to articles from this top teacher journal, start here with your Queen's netID and password.
A Passion for Teaching by
This book is a celebration and an acknowledgement of the various forms of intellectual, physical, emotional and passionate endeavours in which teachers at their best engage. Christopher Day demonstrates that teachers with a passion for teaching are those who are committed, enthusiastic and intellectually and emotionally energetic in their work with children, young people and adults alike. Having this passion for helping pupils to learn has recently been identified as one of the four leadership characteristics mentioned in the HayMcBer Report on effective teachers. Day recognises that passionate teachers are aware of the challenge of the broader social contexts in which they teach, have a clear sense of identity and believe they can make a difference to the learning and achievement of all their pupils. Offering a refreshing and positive view, A Passion for Teachingis a contribution to understanding and improving the teaching profession and brings new insights to the work and lives of teachers. It is written for all teachers, teacher educators and student teachers who have a passion for education, who love learners, the learning life and the teaching life.
Hughes, Scott. (2013). Romancing Children into Delight: Promoting Children's Happiness in the Early Primary Grades. PhD Dissertation, Queen's University.