Tag: Teaching

Life skills on the menu for Kingston's youth

Two Queen’s students are teaching children with exceptionalities essential life skills out of a President’s Choice cooking school on Princess St.   Founded by Victoria Preston, Sci ’21, and Delaney Clarke, Sci ’21, Big Spoon Lil’ Spoon pairs student volunteers, the ‘Big Spoons,’ with children, the...

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Professor Ascough wins prestigious innovative teaching award

Moving away from the traditional style of teaching to an interactive classroom, Professor and Director of the School of Religion Richard Ascough is a firm believer in trial and error. “We need to give people the room to experiment and even be willing to fail and admit failure. I want them to be able...

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Wake up, traditional lectures are dozing off

Getting the most out of my lectures  — some of the time, just staying awake — has been the most impassable obstacle I’ve encountered at Queen’s so far. When the first universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050, they utilized lecturing as the predominant teaching method. In 2017, we’re still...

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Face-to-face learning doesn't need replacing

It’s easy to get distracted by fancy gadgets and the convenience of online resources, but face-to-face learning is more effective. Blended learning allows for students to spend less time in lectures and tutorials and more time completing their studies online. This could include anything from watching...

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Creative Expressions: art as a tool to teach

For the next month, Queen’s campus is home to Creative Expressions, an exhibition that collapses the walls of the classroom into the world of visual art. The exhibition consists of nine installations, scattered haphazardly around campus and composed of teaching and learning materials. The intent behind...

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