The many faces of accountability



Doctoral student Stacy Fysh (left) leads participants in a dramatic presentation entitled “Increasing the Level of Care in Classrooms to Increase Accountability and Democracy for Students and Teachers.”—Photo by Koni Macdonald

On Saturday, May 9, at Barnett House in Edmonton, the University of Alberta, Faculty of ­Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies and the Alberta Teachers’ Association hosted an open house with presentations by graduate students to inform the community about Accountability for Real Learning First.

Open house presentations expressed a wide-array of ideas using such media as artifacts, websites, ­informational brochures, pamphlets, posters, videos, narratives, dramatic presentations, demonstrations, professional development plans, computerized games and a graphic mini-novel. Guests included education partners, administrators, teachers, students and community members.   

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