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\"\"<\/a>Glenn Cockerline, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor
\nDepartment of Teaching & Learning
\n& Graduate Studies Program
\nFaculty of Education
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/strong>
\nPhone<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0 (204) 727-7484
\nOffice<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 223-3, Education Building
\nemail<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CockerlineG@BrandonU.ca
\n. . . . . . . . <\/em><\/span>bu.glenn.cockerline@gmail.com
\nTwitter:\u00a0 @DocCoc
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Historical Perspective<\/strong>
\nI didn\u2019t set out to be an academic.\u00a0 Initially I started out into a world of agri-business, with various positions as a technician in food labs responsible for chemical, bacterial, organo-palatability, and sanitation tests.\u00a0 However, the life of a lab technician is not for everyone and I eventually pressed the \u2018reset\u2019 button.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward a few decades:\u00a0 A certain sense of restlessness resulted in teaching experiences at many grade levels in diverse educational settings; working with children from suburban Montreal, inner-city Chicago, and northern Manitoba.\u00a0 As for a favourite grade level, it has been a tie:\u00a0 Grade 6 has always been particularly rewarding, but then so has Grade 11.<\/p>\n

It’s the journey, not the destination<\/strong>
\nThe art of teaching is\u2013or at least should b<\/em>e\u2013in a state of flux. The traditional format for teaching is based on a centuries old paradigm whereby the teacher stood at the front of the room dispensing knowledge while students sat in rows, memorizing information to be recited verbatim.\u00a0 Over the past decade, research has been challenging our understanding of how people learn. At the same time, a not-so-quiet revolution has been taking place on the Internet, challenging our understanding about the teacher and\/or text being the source of all information. These two factors combined demand that we reevaluate our understanding of what it means to be a ‘teacher’.<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, my interests center on the transition from the old paradigm of teaching and learning based on the transfer of knowledge to a newer paradigm which is more consistent with our understanding of constructivism and more consistent with the new reality of where knowledge is to be found and how it can be accessed.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there doesn\u2019t seem to be a blueprint for such a transition.\u00a0 Therein lies the\u00a0journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glenn Cockerline, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Teaching & Learning & Graduate Studies Program Faculty of Education Contact Information Phone:\u00a0\u00a0 (204) 727-7484 Office:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 223-3, Education Building email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CockerlineG@BrandonU.ca . . . . . . . . bu.glenn.cockerline@gmail.com Twitter:\u00a0 @DocCoc Historical Perspective I didn\u2019t set out to be an academic.\u00a0 Initially I started out into a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/cockerlineg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}