Teachers’ Work as Curriculum Innovators in Alternative Schools

• In Event: Roundtable Session 84
  In Roundtable Session: Current Research on Teachers’ Work

Abstract

This paper focuses on Toronto’s strategy for educating students unable to thrive in traditional schools: small alternative schools with a variety of thematic foci where the emphasis is on establishing engagement among students, teachers and learning. In particular, the paper examines the role of curriculum innovation in teachers’ ongoing work in these schools.

Author

• Nina Bascia, University of Toronto - OISE