Congratulations to Drs. Alan Sears and Carla Peck on the publication of their new book, Rescuing Reason: How History Education Can Help Save Democracy (UTP, 2026)!
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
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@thielmann.bsky.social nice profile!
Thinking Historically in the news:
Dr. David Scott recently spoke with CBC News about Bill 25: An Act to Remove Politics and Ideology from Classrooms. Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Poster calling for free transit for everyone
Poster calling for rail service to Victoria
Poster calling for double decker buses as they are too crowded
Our “mobilize” game instructions
What a treat today, having Dan Parker’s grade 9 students come up to VIU to help Michael MacKenzie and me test democracy games. Students playing “mobilize” convinced people on campus to show support for their transportation policy wish, by being photographed holding a sign. Fun! And good learning.
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A small but provocative new study finds that students with the ability to formulate sophisticated questions - which is an important marker of, and contributor to, deep thinking - did better on an open-ended project but *worse* on a standard multiple-choice course exam: is.gd/KFHZfQ
My Mom had me watch If You Love This Planet the year before The Day After came out. I was 12. www.nfb.ca/film/if_you_...
This is giving Vancouver Canucks 2011 riot kissing couple vibes
I love Nanaimo beaches during the herring run. Lots of visitors
The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru
www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
It’s from sitting too long at your desk writing SSHRC grant applications.
Irony is in 10 years there’ll likely be more jobs teaching traditional crafts to seniors—occupational therapy—than coding jobs or most careers parents urge their kids into. The best advice you can give a kid today is “The job you’re going to have probably doesn’t exist yet so study what you love.”
First time burmashaver, in support of her teachers and #redforbced
First time burmashaver, in support of her teachers and #redforbced
Coloured paper game cards
My colleague Michael MacKenzie and I like designing, field testing, redesigning, and testing (etc) games for teaching democracy. This was us cutting and folding and pasting for 45 min today. Then he came back from trying it out and had 4 changes to make. Into recycling you go…. #iterativedesign
Coloured paper game cards
My colleague Michael MacKenzie and I like designing, field testing, redesigning, and testing (etc) games for teaching democracy. This was us cutting and folding and pasting for 45 min today. Then he came back from trying it out and had 4 changes to make. Into recycling you go…. #iterativedesign
My dissertation from 2022 must have 100 of them. I am so glad I missed this being sus by a few years!
Post: Vancouver Sun article stating that a new poll shows the NDP have a shrinking lead over the Conservstives in BC as more think the province is on the wrong track. Quote post says “Reminder that the Vancouver Sun is owned by Postmedia which is a US hedgefund. The "wrong track" is because BC is standing up to the US. Premier Eby is doing exactly what his mandate requires him to do.”
Not looking to dunk on the poster but… don’t do this. The report is based on a Leger poll using methodology that is transparent in the article, not something made up by the newspaper. You can look at the methodology and critique it, or disagree with voter sentiments but this is just wishcasting
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
Students gathered looking at a map on a screen
A map mystery! Elementary Social Studies Education students making inferences about why this map was made and for what purpose. I learned about this map a few years ago when @benbradleyca.bsky.social shared it online. See link to map via @vanarchives.bsky.social next post.
Meant to say “when” it was made.
searcharchives.vancouver.ca/civil-defenc...
Students gathered looking at a map on a screen
A map mystery! Elementary Social Studies Education students making inferences about why this map was made and for what purpose. I learned about this map a few years ago when @benbradleyca.bsky.social shared it online. See link to map via @vanarchives.bsky.social next post.
This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)
Pieces of paper with words highlighted in two colours.
Reflecting on the first week of the new semester teaching Social Studies Methods to future teachers. Somehow I have been doing this for 10 years! I always start the first class - before even looking at the syllabus - with an activity about teaching democracy. This work feels more urgent this year.
Pieces of paper with words highlighted in two colours.
Reflecting on the first week of the new semester teaching Social Studies Methods to future teachers. Somehow I have been doing this for 10 years! I always start the first class - before even looking at the syllabus - with an activity about teaching democracy. This work feels more urgent this year.
