Category: Educator of the Week

Educators of the Week

Educators of the week: Jose, Natalia, Kiran, Louise, Allison, Ilana, Ellis, Gabriel, Irene, Christina, Melanie, Clayton, Corinna, Ashlee, Blair, Natasha, Cristina, Rita, Sophie, Shannon, Annie, Dayonne, and Sarah.

The 2nd century CE Rabbi, Yehudah HaNasi, has been widely credited with making the following statement: “Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students.” It has been a great pleasure learning from and with all of you through the past three weeks. You have encouraged me to revisit old writings and to take up new ones, to re-examine some of the big questions of teaching and learning, and to interrogate my assumptions and the assumptions of others in the spirit of open inquiry, learning, and debate. Thank you for your wisdom, patience, humour, and creativity.

Educator of the Week

Last semester, even though it took place on Monday nights from 4:30 to 7:30, I looked forward (with remarkably reliable enthusiasm) to Carl Leggo’s class every week. As the semester progressed and the afternoons and evenings became darker and colder, “Teaching Writing” with Carl felt increasingly like a bright little oasis that 30 or so of us were able to retreat to once a week. I can’t help but feel that the most important things I learned in that class were not about writing, necessarily, but about how to be a fantastic mentor to students. For those of you that didn’t have the opportunity to enroll in that class, here’s Carl reading a poem at the University of Lethbridge…