Projects

Our research project organizes regular in-school professional development workshops at Joyce Public School in Northwestern Toronto for teachers and researchers to share views on how we might approach literacy education to better serve our culturally and linguistically diverse, digitally socialized student body. In our monthly workshops, we learn about inclusive education from multiple perspectives; language and literacy development in a culturally diverse environment; digital technologies and genres in contemporary social practices; immersive learning; and narrative development. Specialist teachers, including the literacy co-ordinator, librarian, music teacher, and technical advisor collaborate with grade teachers to organize, teach and document inclusive class narrative projects that invite children to develop and adapt the stories they are learning to read in contemporary cultural perspective. Our research consortium shares problems, issues, insights, and ideas, and showcases annual class projects.

2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2009
2007 - 2008
2006 - 2007
2005 - 2006

Three Little Pigs

Grade: Kindergarten

School: Joyce Public School

Teachers: Ashleigh Mandlsohn, Lilly Tsim, Syd Wong, Mary Ampomeh

The Ugly Duckling

Grade: 2, 4
School: Joyce Public School
Teachers: Michelle Holland-Spencer, Chris Lee, Kris Knutson

Build Your Own Country

Grade: 4,5
School: Joyce Public School
Teacher: Rhea Perreira-Foyle, Andrew Schmitt

Talk Time

Grade: Kindergarten; 2

School: Joyce Public School, Toronto

Teachers: Cheryl Paige, My-Linh Hang, Brent Merriman

3 Billy Goats Gruff

Grade: Kindergarten; 2

School: Joyce Public School, Toronto

Teachers: Michelle Holland-Spencer and Sonia Callea

Whoever You Are

Grade: 3,4,5
School: Joyce Public School
Teachers: Farah Rahemtula,
Rhea Perreira-Foyle, Chris Lee, Brian Chandrapal, Jennifer Budden, and Andrew Schmitt