Students were asked to submit photos and audio/video footage of themselves being brave, using whatever devices they had available in their homes. The resulting compilation is a beautiful collage of our students’ individual artistic expressions of bravery in a variety of formats.
Children today face a vastly different educational experience than what most of us typically remember from our own childhood. Children as young as 4- and 5- years of age are experiencing extraordinarily high levels of stress, resulting in challenges at home and at school. Canadian research shows that approximately 40% of children struggle with attention, motivation, and impulsive behaviours at school.
2021-22 - Stories from the Field: Sharing our Challenges and Triumphs During a Pandemic (PDF 4.9 MB) is now available and features:
As a foreign teacher in Japan teaching in English to students at a Japanese high school, my job can be challenging at the best of times. Trying to keep the students engaged and motivated while presenting information in a language that they are not proficient at involves a combination of patience, humour, flexibility, and understanding. Faced with the present pandemic, teachers everywhere have struggled with similar tasks of trying to maintain academic standards and integrity while teaching their students at a distance.
The book can be purchased in person at The Campus Bookstore at Queen’s University, or it can be ordered by phone (1-800-267-9478)
What I love most about the Queen's Alternative Practicum experience is how vague and broad it is, "something educational outside the typical classroom setting," the sky is your limit.
Hello! My name is Katie Croft and I am near the end of my journey with the Faculty of Education program, graduating July 2018. I am in the primary/junior division and my FOCI is Leadership in School Organizations. Queen’s has provided me with such an amazing experience from the program itself to the classes and to the practicums and I would love to share this experience with you.
Dr. Alan Ojiig Corbiere
