Archive for March, 2009

Leading the students to reasoning and validation.

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Within the current environmental health unit, which I purposely set up  as a practice run for the integrated task next unit, I have developed what I think may be a solid method of ensuring reasoning and validation may be completed by each student effectively.
I have developed a 10 step work plan which outlines all the [...]

Syllabus review processes – encouraging purposeful thinking of practice

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Today I had the chance to present research of personal interest to the syllabus review sub-committee.  The research I presented was entitled Online Learning and the Evaluation of Group Process by D.N.Phillip.  I became aware of this article from Stephen Downes OL Daily.
The particular aspects of the report I was interested in related to a [...]

Inspiration and thoughts for program change.

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Recently I have been exposed to two health promotion schemes that have me thinking is there a place for including these types of services into our school program.  Considering we already include Queensland Health within the Specific Populations unit (Organ and Tissue Donation) it would seem as if this type of partnership is both possible [...]