Happy Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving this weekend in Canada. It’s a time to reflect on the year that’s just past and a time to consider what we have to be grateful for. In the Galloway household it’s been a big year of changes both in our personal...University of Alberta
If you check out my wife’s blog, you will be able to catch up on our latest news as a family. It’s been an interesting few months. Four weeks in a tent sounds romantic but I can tell you once it gets cold and wet it’s anything but. The main...What I have learned so far
One of the reasons I haven’t been posting much on my blog is that I am trying to study. I’m studying Educational Issues and Social Change: Current Debates. It’s a course that many teachers get to do while at university, in fact I think it’s...Course Work Begins
Sociology. Is it Relevant? As part of my prescribed ‘rehabilitation’ back into the teaching profession, I have recently started a program from Athabasca University. Most of Athabasca’s courses are delivered online and it is geared for people who need...Should you help you children with homework?
Apparently helping your children with their homework has no measurable difference in standardized test scores. I have always thought that children whose parents were interested in their school work did better. Admittedly it’s not something that I had...
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