Galileo Educational Network – Inspiring a Passionate Commitment to Learning
Dr. Sharon Friesen and David Scott A literature review of inquiry-based learning to better inform the choice of practices and orientations to realize the vision…
In this paper, we explore the affordances of literature-based, arts-infused and digital media processes for students, as multimodal practices take centre stage in an English…
Michelle Jacobsen & Sharon Friesen presented this paper, Design Based Research On Professional Learning, Intellectual Engagement and Technology Integration in a One-to-One Laptop Middle School,…
Michelle Jacobsen, Jennifer Lock & Sharon Friesen presented this paper at the 41st Annual CSSE Conference (2013), Integrating Technology into Educational Settings Session, University of…
Intellectual engagement is an absorbing, creatively energized focus resulting in a deep personal commitment to exploration, investigation, problem-solving and inquiry over a sustained period of…
Galileo Educational Network Association (GENA) provided professional development for three years to mathematics and science teachers at a school in Calgary, Alberta. By the end…
Student engagement, and in particular intellectual engagement, has been identified as a key factor in learning at the high school level. While this type of…
Although educators can, and sometimes should, distinguish between cognition, emotion, knowledge, affect and skills, it is vital to remember that these distinctions are analytic tools,…