Learning Character
Everything I needed to know about learning…
Written by Laura Magrath; first published to Becoming A Resident
Everything I needed to know about learning, I learned at an amusement park.
“ADST” – A New School Subject?
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
Over the years, I’ve conceived of many simple ideas to address small problems: keeping rats out of the garage,
Learning Character – Openness
It’s easy to get caught up in the moment in thinking that “now, more than ever, the world needs more…tolerance, more openness,
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Different, or Just New? Communicating Learning K-7
Recently, BICS Vice-Principal Laura Magrath and I hosted a Communicating Student Learning Information Evening. In response to major changes to BC’s curriculum,
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How to Be Successfully Ambitious
This is our third post in a series on our school goal, to enhance the Learning Character of all members of the BICS community using the acronym R.O.A.R.
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Learning Character: Responsibility
Last year, when a group of teachers and parents came together to determine our school goal, we agreed Learning Character – attributes helpful for students’ success as learners – was essential.
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Learning Character
In his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell made the case that hard work, specifically over 10 000 hours of hard work,
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