The Knowledge Forum 2021-22
2021-22 - Stories from the Field: Sharing our Challenges and Triumphs During a Pandemic (PDF 4.9 MB) is now available and features:
My Experience Teaching Online in the COVID-19 Era
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.
Student Experiences: With Queen's Alternative Practicum the sky is your limit
Finding my first Alternative Practicum
"Our instructors told us to dream big"
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.
Student Experiences: 5 Ways to Create Engaging Lessons – Learned During My Practicum
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.
Student Experiences: The Accessible Mental Health Initiative
Creating AMHI resource for teachers was my passion project
"As teacher candidates, we often learn about different mental illnesses"
Hey! My name is Emily Cehic and I just finished my third year here at Queen’s. Over the past year, I had the amazing opportunity to create a social justice action as a part of one of my classes.
Student Experiences: Tech. Ed. Community Cupboard for sharing food and school supplies
My name is Daniel Troisi and I am a B. Ed. Teacher Candidate in Technological Education at Queen’s. I am a Red-Seal Chef by trade and hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Guelph where I studied Hotel and Food Administration.
Dr. Alan Ojiig Corbiere