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Carol Mini Beasts

Insight on Inquiry: Starting the Year in Kindergarten

By Zachary Pedersen 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. She and her class are embarking on a

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Nicole Thomson and Michelle Cain pictured with Dr. Douglas H. Clements

The 2016 International Mind, Brain and Education Society Conference

By Bev Caswell Last week, the Robertson Program had the wonderful opportunity to present our research alongside two educators from one of our partner school boards, the Rainy River District School Board. Kindergarten teachers Michelle Cain and Nicole Thomson presented the collaborative work of the M4YC program and shared their own classroom research

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Ursula Franklin

Remembering U of T Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin

University of Toronto Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin was a brilliant scientist, physicist, engineer, educator, activist and advocate for peace. Franklin, who died at the age of 94, first came to the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral student in 1949. She rejoined U of T in 1967 as researcher and associate professor of what is

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Student of Curve Lake First Nation School partaking in environmental inquiry

Science Educators from OISE Participate in Environmental Inquiry with Curve Lake First Nation!

The Robertson Program visits Curve Lake First Nation School A note from Arika Fleguel, Student Success Coordinator, Curve Lake First Nation “A Day at Henry’s” We were visited by our partners from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, which included educators from the Robertson Program for Inquiry-based Teaching in Mathematics and Science, Natural Curiosity

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Liz Osawamick and a teacher sharing ideas

Robertson visits Alderville First Nation and the Black Oak Savanna

The Robertson Program visits the Black Oak Savanna with KPR educators On May 3, a team of educators from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, along with science educators from OISE’s Robertson Program, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study and Natural Curiosity, gathered on Alderville First Nation’s

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Carol Mini Beasts

By Zachary Pedersen 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. She and her class are embarking on a

Read More »
Nicole Thomson and Michelle Cain pictured with Dr. Douglas H. Clements

By Bev Caswell Last week, the Robertson Program had the wonderful opportunity to present our research alongside two educators from one of our partner school boards, the Rainy River District School Board. Kindergarten teachers Michelle Cain and Nicole Thomson presented the collaborative work of the M4YC program and shared their own classroom research

Read More »
Ursula Franklin

University of Toronto Professor Emerita Ursula Franklin was a brilliant scientist, physicist, engineer, educator, activist and advocate for peace. Franklin, who died at the age of 94, first came to the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral student in 1949. She rejoined U of T in 1967 as researcher and associate professor of what is

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Student of Curve Lake First Nation School partaking in environmental inquiry

The Robertson Program visits Curve Lake First Nation School A note from Arika Fleguel, Student Success Coordinator, Curve Lake First Nation “A Day at Henry’s” We were visited by our partners from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, which included educators from the Robertson Program for Inquiry-based Teaching in Mathematics and Science, Natural Curiosity

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Attendees at June 1 Forum

A Forum celebrating The Math for Young Children – North West Gaa-maamawi-asigagindaasoyang Collective  On June 1, the Robertson Program hosted a public forum highlighting the role of Indigenous educational leadership in improving the understanding of teaching and learning of mathematics. The event was a collaboration with the Indigenous Education Network, the

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Liz Osawamick and a teacher sharing ideas

The Robertson Program visits the Black Oak Savanna with KPR educators On May 3, a team of educators from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, along with science educators from OISE’s Robertson Program, the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study and Natural Curiosity, gathered on Alderville First Nation’s

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