Dr. Phil McRae - Curriculum Implementation, Class Size & Technology
Dr. Phil McRae speaks about the new Alberta curriculum, the effect of class sizes on learning and mindful use of technology.
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Phil McRae who is an Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator, Government-Research with the Alberta Teachers’ Association and Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta where he earned his Ph.D.
He was the Director of the internationally recognized Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) at the University of Alberta from 2005-2009. Phil has worked in many secondary and post-secondary educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), and in Alberta with the Lethbridge Public School District and at Red Crow College with the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation). The Blackfoot honoured him with the name Áípapomm, which means lightning.
Phil is the past winner of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award, the University of Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar Award, Minister of Education's Innovation Award, and the ATA Provincial Educational Research Award.
Despite all these accolades and achievements, when I asked Phil what I should say in this introduction, he said simply to say that he was a rancher from Southern Alberta.
We speak about a number of topics in this conversation with a focus on curriculum change, class sizes and dealing with technology. I think everyone will take something away from our discussion.
You can connect with Phil on twitter at @philmcrae or on his website.
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He was the Director of the internationally recognized Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) at the University of Alberta from 2005-2009. Phil has worked in many secondary and post-secondary educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), and in Alberta with the Lethbridge Public School District and at Red Crow College with the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation). The Blackfoot honoured him with the name Áípapomm, which means lightning.
Phil is the past winner of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Finalist Award, the University of Alberta’s Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholar Award, Minister of Education's Innovation Award, and the ATA Provincial Educational Research Award.
Despite all these accolades and achievements, when I asked Phil what I should say in this introduction, he said simply to say that he was a rancher from Southern Alberta.
We speak about a number of topics in this conversation with a focus on curriculum change, class sizes and dealing with technology. I think everyone will take something away from our discussion.
You can connect with Phil on twitter at @philmcrae or on his website.
Visit the Intersection Education website
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Music Information:
Scandinavianz- Vacation (Vlog) D-L by Scandinavianz https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/7dswC8QFiwU
Additional Editing by Mike Brazeau (http://www.reelaudio.ca/)
