Alternative Schools Advisory Committee (Ottawa)Welcome
Alternative School Advisory Committee of the OCDSB
Welcome to the web site of the OCDSB's Alternative Schools Advisory Committee. This is a place to find out about Alternative Education in Ottawa, see our schools, read news and look at upcoming events.
The structure and organization of the Alternative Schools / Programs, allows for the philosophy to be implemented through a triad of responsibility shared amongst staff, students and parents. Students learn in non-graded multi-aged groupings and are exposed to an integrated curriculum which stresses the inter-relatedness of all learning and subjects.
Guardian Newspaper: How Finnish Schools Shine
Posted by rdeadman
Posted on 19:50, Thursday, November 22
An interesting blog on the UK's Guardian Newspaper site:
Teachers are respected, exams are shunned and league tables simply don't exist – but if the Finnish system is so good why is it so hard to emulate?
Sir Ken Robinson, March 2011, Learning Without Frontiers
Posted by rdeadman
Posted on 07:24, Tuesday, February 21
CBC Radio interview on Report Cards with Dr. Joel Westheimer
Posted by rdeadman
Posted on 11:27, Tuesday, February 14
The report cards are in, but what do they mean? Dr. Joel Westheimer, who recently spoke at Lady Evelyn, explains on CBC Morning (radio) why report cards have become almost unintelligable.
RSA talk by Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education Paradigms
Posted by rdeadman
Posted on 23:29, Monday, January 10
There is an animated version of a talk entitled "Changing Education Paradigms", adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. The talk discusses the history and goals of education and why it's reliance on standardized testing, single grades and single-topic thinking stiffles creativity and lateral thinking.
For more information on Sir Ken's work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com