Diversifying Student Learning
These demonstrations showed us
how we could diversify the learning
experience for our students. We
were given a copy of a print
catalogue and a password to the
digital portal.
The descriptions of the seminars
also gave the teachers ideas of how
to extend the learning. Miss Merly
favours creative seminars. Miss
Frances's first category of choice
was health topics.
As she became more familiar with
the offerings, she favoured
Indigenous content and expanded
to science and history lessons.
Several Indigenous presenters use the Medicine
Wheel as a basis for their topic: wellness, setting
goals, and healthy relationships.
On the advice of a presenter, Miss Frances got
into the routine of handing out a blank medicine
wheel template and asking students to write
something from their week that contributed to
each domain.
C o n n e c t e d N o r t h i n O u r C l a s s r o o m
Merly Punsalan & Frances Youck - Connected North in Our Classroom
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