Cynthia Dufresne
@cynthia-dufresne.bsky.social
Learner. Mother of 2. Educator. Reader. #bced Inclusive Education
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I am very proud of the latest article from our team at the Inclusive Education Research Lab @brocku.ca: "An Investigation into Student Perceptions of Social Justice Frames in a Course Syllabus."
openpraxis.org/articles/10....
#OEP #OpenPedagogy #OER #inclusiveteaching
openpraxis.org/articles/10....
#OEP #OpenPedagogy #OER #inclusiveteaching
An Investigation Into Student Perceptions of Social Justice Frames in a Course Syllabus | Open Praxis
openpraxis.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am very proud of the latest article from our team at the Inclusive Education Research Lab @brocku.ca: "An Investigation into Student Perceptions of Social Justice Frames in a Course Syllabus."
openpraxis.org/articles/10....
#OEP #OpenPedagogy #OER #inclusiveteaching
openpraxis.org/articles/10....
#OEP #OpenPedagogy #OER #inclusiveteaching
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Special education teachers can use these 3 strategies to center their students during IEP meetings, ensuring students feel supported and affirmed throughout the process. 🤲 edut.to/4li4UWK
#EduSky #SpecialEducation #IEP
#EduSky #SpecialEducation #IEP
July 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Special education teachers can use these 3 strategies to center their students during IEP meetings, ensuring students feel supported and affirmed throughout the process. 🤲 edut.to/4li4UWK
#EduSky #SpecialEducation #IEP
#EduSky #SpecialEducation #IEP
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9 Middle Grade Books Featuring Neurodiverse Characters & 2 Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
buff.ly/psFDpS0 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #neurodiverse #giveaway #middlegrade
buff.ly/psFDpS0 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #neurodiverse #giveaway #middlegrade
June 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
9 Middle Grade Books Featuring Neurodiverse Characters & 2 Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
buff.ly/psFDpS0 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #neurodiverse #giveaway #middlegrade
buff.ly/psFDpS0 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #neurodiverse #giveaway #middlegrade
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These handouts help teacher Katherine Efremkin teach her students about cognitive overload—and how to overcome it. 🧠🏋️ Download a free template here: edut.to/3FD1I8j
#ElementaryTeacher #metacognition #EduSky
#ElementaryTeacher #metacognition #EduSky
June 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
These handouts help teacher Katherine Efremkin teach her students about cognitive overload—and how to overcome it. 🧠🏋️ Download a free template here: edut.to/3FD1I8j
#ElementaryTeacher #metacognition #EduSky
#ElementaryTeacher #metacognition #EduSky
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The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
April 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Interested to read more as this address some of my own wondering lately.
language ideologies are never just about language. here i show how they materialise in school discipline policies to construct representations of 'badly behaved' children. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
what does ‘misbehaviour’ sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of ‘im/proper language’ and ‘im/proper behaviour’ coalesce and get co-constructed with one another. doi.org/10.1080/0962...
April 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Interested to read more as this address some of my own wondering lately.
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Hey, I'm back on my blog where it all started. Small ideas, practical posts, and all the things I am trying.
Let's talk about feedback, or more specifically about kids being given the chance to reject your feedback.
Head on over to read, subscribe, or share pernillesripp.com/2025/03/24/l...
Let's talk about feedback, or more specifically about kids being given the chance to reject your feedback.
Head on over to read, subscribe, or share pernillesripp.com/2025/03/24/l...
Let Kids Reject Feedback (Yes, Really!)
What if kids had the right to ignore our feedback? Not because they’re stubborn or disengaged, but because they understand it—and decide to make a different choice. Too often, feedback feels like a…
pernillesripp.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Hey, I'm back on my blog where it all started. Small ideas, practical posts, and all the things I am trying.
Let's talk about feedback, or more specifically about kids being given the chance to reject your feedback.
Head on over to read, subscribe, or share pernillesripp.com/2025/03/24/l...
Let's talk about feedback, or more specifically about kids being given the chance to reject your feedback.
Head on over to read, subscribe, or share pernillesripp.com/2025/03/24/l...
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Great news! 🎉 We’ve extended the FREE access just for you! Don’t miss this final opportunity—read for FREE until March 21!
Grab it while you can!
Grab it while you can!
Access Points: Understanding Special Interests Through Autistic Narratives. Qualitative study by Long found that #autistic individuals valued their interests personally and used them to communicate and connect with others.
NEW, FREE to March 17 shorturl.at/6FSzH
NEW, FREE to March 17 shorturl.at/6FSzH
Access Points: Understanding Special Interests Through Autistic Narratives | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Although autistic people have shared how important their interests can be, sometimes using the phrase “special interests,” autistic interests are commonly pathologized. Research has begun ...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Great news! 🎉 We’ve extended the FREE access just for you! Don’t miss this final opportunity—read for FREE until March 21!
Grab it while you can!
Grab it while you can!
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Here’s a closer look at how each of these influential women used literature to challenge societal norms and paved the way for Black feminism today. ⤵️
How 4 Black Women Writers Shaped Black Feminism
These influential women used literature to challenge societal norms.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here’s a closer look at how each of these influential women used literature to challenge societal norms and paved the way for Black feminism today. ⤵️
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[NEW BOOK] I'm so excited that "Rehumanzing Assessment" will be out on May 16!
We share how story structures can elicit authentic evidence of learning without compromising rigor.
There is more to #assessment than stapled packets.
Pre-Order --> tinyurl.com/4hzt94sd
#grading #EduSkyChat #EduSky
We share how story structures can elicit authentic evidence of learning without compromising rigor.
There is more to #assessment than stapled packets.
Pre-Order --> tinyurl.com/4hzt94sd
#grading #EduSkyChat #EduSky
February 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
[NEW BOOK] I'm so excited that "Rehumanzing Assessment" will be out on May 16!
We share how story structures can elicit authentic evidence of learning without compromising rigor.
There is more to #assessment than stapled packets.
Pre-Order --> tinyurl.com/4hzt94sd
#grading #EduSkyChat #EduSky
We share how story structures can elicit authentic evidence of learning without compromising rigor.
There is more to #assessment than stapled packets.
Pre-Order --> tinyurl.com/4hzt94sd
#grading #EduSkyChat #EduSky
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In his new book More Than Words, @biblioracle.bsky.social wrote, "Education is a journey toward a single destination called proficiency."
I couldn't get that out of my head for days after reading it, so I asked him about it:
I couldn't get that out of my head for days after reading it, so I asked him about it:
February 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In his new book More Than Words, @biblioracle.bsky.social wrote, "Education is a journey toward a single destination called proficiency."
I couldn't get that out of my head for days after reading it, so I asked him about it:
I couldn't get that out of my head for days after reading it, so I asked him about it:
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Technology might not seem like it belongs with reading instruction—but when used correctly, audio and video can help students level up their reading skills in a whole new way. 🎧📚
#EdTech #literacy
#EdTech #literacy
6 Ways Technology Can Help You Teach Reading More Effectively
When used well, tech tools can reveal where students are struggling, highlight their progress, and challenge and inspire them to improve.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history.
Today it is the story of Mifflin Gibbs, the first Black Canadian elected to public office in British Columbia, he was also an important activist in our history.
🧵1/10
Today it is the story of Mifflin Gibbs, the first Black Canadian elected to public office in British Columbia, he was also an important activist in our history.
🧵1/10
February 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history.
Today it is the story of Mifflin Gibbs, the first Black Canadian elected to public office in British Columbia, he was also an important activist in our history.
🧵1/10
Today it is the story of Mifflin Gibbs, the first Black Canadian elected to public office in British Columbia, he was also an important activist in our history.
🧵1/10
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My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.
Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
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Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday.
Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
>>
Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it.
>>
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FI/FSL teachers. Powerful class rd."Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction...[it]is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by 14year old Brianna Jonnie... call[ing]out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate missing Indigenous people"(CBCbooks)
January 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
FI/FSL teachers. Powerful class rd."Combining graphic fiction and non-fiction...[it]is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by 14year old Brianna Jonnie... call[ing]out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate missing Indigenous people"(CBCbooks)
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Recasting is an easy, no-prep way to support language development in Multilingual Learners, young children, and students with language development needs. Here's a quick video to show you how to use it. youtu.be/ij4Ivxsp7V4 #OntEd #MLLChat
Using Recasting with Multilingual Learners
YouTube video by Kimiko Shibata
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January 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Recasting is an easy, no-prep way to support language development in Multilingual Learners, young children, and students with language development needs. Here's a quick video to show you how to use it. youtu.be/ij4Ivxsp7V4 #OntEd #MLLChat
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I'm going to be a bit pedantic here for the sake of scientific literacy and the misunderstanding of Autistic and neurodivergent nervous systems.
New paper alert (and a bit of a must read)
The Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism: A Critical Evaluation of the Status Quo
Long, Catmur, & Bird (2025)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
The Theory of Mind Hypothesis of Autism: A Critical Evaluation of the Status Quo
Long, Catmur, & Bird (2025)
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
January 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm going to be a bit pedantic here for the sake of scientific literacy and the misunderstanding of Autistic and neurodivergent nervous systems.
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Need more clarity in your classroom? Here’s a simple framework that makes it obvious to students how every activity relates to what you want them to learn. 👏
Watch all our 60-Second Strategies in one place: https://buff.ly/422yPeL
Watch all our 60-Second Strategies in one place: https://buff.ly/422yPeL
January 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Need more clarity in your classroom? Here’s a simple framework that makes it obvious to students how every activity relates to what you want them to learn. 👏
Watch all our 60-Second Strategies in one place: https://buff.ly/422yPeL
Watch all our 60-Second Strategies in one place: https://buff.ly/422yPeL
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It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking
This OA book proposes a way forward to effectively teach knowledge and complex cognitive skills in school and achieve equitable opportunities.
link.springer.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It’s here! Our new open access book on curriculum written by Tim Surma, @paulkirschner.bsky.social, @dylanwiliam.bsky.social, @timsurma.bsky.social, Nuno Crato, Elizabeth Rata, John Hattie, Claudio Van Hees, Michiel Wils, Jasper Nijlunsing and me. Download it here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The why do you think that questions are such a part of teaching analysis and the conversations I have with my Swiftie kids.
December 30, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The why do you think that questions are such a part of teaching analysis and the conversations I have with my Swiftie kids.
So many good poems
In the tradition that @jess5th.bsky.social started, I wanna share some poems for the new year. I’ll share ‘the one’ I plan to use to guide my 2025 soon. #PoetryPeople you all share too!
I often come back to @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social’s How Dark the Beginning
Stunning, searing imagery.
I often come back to @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social’s How Dark the Beginning
Stunning, searing imagery.
December 28, 2024 at 5:47 AM
So many good poems
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Six thousand years ago, people rejected their centralized government, and refugees fled authorities to settle elsewhere. How do we know? A recent article about Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BCE, with the auspicious title "There and Back Again," explains. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
There and back again: local institutions, an Uruk expansion and the rejection of centralisation in the Sirwan/Upper Diyala region | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
There and back again: local institutions, an Uruk expansion and the rejection of centralisation in the Sirwan/Upper Diyala region
www.cambridge.org
December 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Six thousand years ago, people rejected their centralized government, and refugees fled authorities to settle elsewhere. How do we know? A recent article about Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BCE, with the auspicious title "There and Back Again," explains. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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It’s strange how some respond to prejudice by embracing Aspie supremacy as a defense mechanism, claiming superiority not just over neurotypicals but also higher support needs autistic people. Fighting marginalization by creating new hierarchies misses the point. lovettejallow.com/neurodiversi...
White Supremacy's Impact on Embracing Neurodiversity
Embracing neurodiversity while challenging white supremacy: A look at Black autistic and ADHD perspectives.
lovettejallow.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:18 AM
It’s strange how some respond to prejudice by embracing Aspie supremacy as a defense mechanism, claiming superiority not just over neurotypicals but also higher support needs autistic people. Fighting marginalization by creating new hierarchies misses the point. lovettejallow.com/neurodiversi...
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Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.
Good at Reading? Your Brain May Be Structured Differently
Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.
www.wired.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Two regions in the left hemisphere of the brain, which are crucial for language, are different in people who are good at reading and are likely to be shaped by the habit.