Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Pedagogies in Context
2. Lesson Remodeling: How to Remodel Lessons
3. Present Strategies
4. Apply Strategies
5. Review Strategies
Appendix A: Ideas for Grouping Students
Appendix B: Guide to Lesson Remodeling PLCs
Index
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Award-winning researcher and educator Dr. Laura Elizabeth Pinto is
currently an Assistant Professor at the University of
Ontario Institute of Technology and Associate Member of the
Graduate Faculty, Department of Theory & Policy Studies in
Education, University of Toronto. She has been teaching in
faculties of education for the past decade, and working with new
and seasoned members of the teaching profession with an eye to
applying evidence and promising practices to their work. Dr. Pinto
began her career as a school teacher, which led her to write
curriculum policy for the government of Ontario. Before long, she
became a policy analyst and policy manager prior to commencing her
doctoral studies. She is also a Past President of the Ontario
Business Educators’ Association. She received the prestigious
Canadian Governor General’s Gold Medal in 2009 for her research, as
well as the Odyssey Award, among other honors. She has received and
been involved in large-scale research supported by sought-after
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council grants, for a decade.
Dr. Pinto co-authored three Canadian textbooks and related
teachers’ guides: Insights (Irwin), Business Technology Today
(Nelson), and Business Connections (Prentice-Hall) and authored
Curriculum Reform in Ontario: ‘Common Sense’ Policy Processes and
Democratic Possibilities (University of Toronto Press). She has
authored and co-authored dozens of articles in academic and
professional journals. She has co-written provincial curriculum
policy, and continues to provide advice to various governments on
matters of education policy. She regularly delivers papers and
workshops at scholarly and professional conferences both locally
and internationally. Dr. Pinto is deeply committed to democracy in
education, and education for critical-democracy, and is
particularly interested in the role of politics, policy production,
and critical thinking to democracy.
Stephanie Spares is currently a high school business teacher at
Mentor College in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada. Prior to her
teaching career, Stephanie spent 5 years as a leader and mentor in
a teen and young adults program in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She
decided to pursue teaching after a trip to Zambia with Habitat for
Humanity in 2007 and she continues to participate in builds with
the organization. Her first teaching position was with a public
girls’ school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England where she
taught business and economics in 2010.
Stephanie has been a member of the Ontario Business Educators
Association (OBEA) since 2011 and participates in the Chartered
Accountants of Ontario Teacher Colleague Program. During the school
year, Stephanie is involved in leading her school’s Sprott Business
Competition (SBC) team and the D.E.C.A. group in addition to
coaching at Mentor College.
Laura M. Driscoll is a Business Studies and Accounting teacher with
the Toronto District School Board in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laura has extensive experience remodelling lessons. She has used
these techniques to increase student engagement in her own
classroom. The strategies included in this book have been
beneficial in adapting mandated curriculum requirements for all
students, including those at-risk and with special education
needs.
Laura has always had a passion for both learning and helping others
learn, which led her to pursue her Bachelor of Education from OISE
at the University of Toronto. She is an Ontario Certified Teacher
and also a member of the Ontario Business Educators’ Association
(OBEA). In addition to helping coach volleyball and track and
field, Laura has participated in developing curriculum resources
for outside organizations and securing and implementing grants for
financial literacy education at her home school. Laura enjoys
travelling, skiing, camping, biking and is an avid reader.
“As a busy educator, I found this book an excellent resource for
easy and fast lessons to implement in my classroom that directly
impact student achievement. I did not have to prepare major
lessons, gather supplies, or learn something new. This book
contains many wonderful ready-to-use ideas.”
*Melissa Albright, Fifth-Grade Communication Arts Teacher*
"95 Strategies for Remodeling Instruction is a must have book for
all educators! This research-based book is full of practical ideas
to support 21st century thinking and learning."
*Cindy Corlett, Teacher and Professional Developer*
"Have you ever taught a lesson and thought something just wasn’t
quite right or could be better? This book is a great resource to
help you give your lesson plans the little cosmetic surgery they
need to be young, wonderful, and effective again."
*Julie Duford, Fifth-Grade Teacher*
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