Manu Kapur developed the concept of “Productive Failure.” In the second part of BOLD’s interview, he talks about tacit and explicit knowledge and points out that technology will eventually be the primary means of conveying the latter, but not the former. He explains why standardized tests don’t prepare learners for real life and he presents a positive example of an education policy intervention.
“Productive Failure produces learning outcomes for the 21st century”
The CCDMD is proud to announce that it has received an Award from the Minister of Higher Education for a project developed in collaboration with…
Our colleague, Vanier teacher Jailson Lima, is the winner of this year’s Beaumier Award for High School and CEGEP chemistry teachers. Congratulations! Watch his CTV…
A professor at Dawson College is a whiz at chemistry, but he also happens to be a lifelong comic fan. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, Yann Brouillette uses Marvel movies and comic books to help his students learn about science.