The Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) officially opened the doors to its new building last week and we were honoured to have some of our educational partners from Treaty #3 Territory in Northwestern Ontario join us for the occasion.
The OISE library was abuzz with mathematics learning this morning as OISE’s second year Master of Arts Child Study and Education (MA CSE) teacher candidates presented their final Mathematics Inquiry Projects to teachers, principals, and district leaders at a math mini-conference organized by Dr. Bev Caswell and the Robertson Team.
This week, the Seven Generations Education Institute’s First Nation Student Success Program Teachers – Kim Kirk, Shelly Jones, Aimee Beazley and Jane Tom – were special guests in our Child Study in Education MA math course with the second-year teacher candidates.
Two leading professors from the University of Toronto have written in the Toronto Star about their shared vision on how Canada’s 150th celebration can be an opportunity to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s vision for a better Canada.
Yesterday, teachers from the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School (OISE/UofT) held their annual Lesson Study, a professional development model that involves collaborative planning, teaching and reflection on classroom lessons and student learning.
Exploring issues of social justice through mathematics and science inquiry.
We are delighted to share that the Robertson Program for Inquiry-based Teaching in Mathematics and Science (OISE/University of Toronto) was featured in California-based news website KQED’s education blog MindShift!
This morning, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School (JICS) hosted a “Math Morning” that gave an opportunity for parents to see how math is taught and learned at JICS. It also gave me an opportunity to see the amazing math happening at the school!
On Wednesday, February 8th 2017, Johnny Therriault School in Aroland First Nation hosted its first ever student-led family math night.
The Robertson Program would like to thank everyone we work alongside for a truly exciting year full of creativity, ingenuity and adventure. We feel incredibly fortunate to be invited into schools, communities and even homes – all in the name of making math and science more accessible to learners of all ages.
Leslie Campbell, a recent graduate of OISE’s Master of Arts in Child Study and Education at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (University of Toronto), is making headlines in her first year as a teacher.
Carol Stephenson, the Kindergarten teacher at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School, recently invited us into her classroom to find out how she begins the process of inquiry at the start of the school year.