Cutting librarian and teacher's aid positions in New Brunswick was a difficult choice but with better teaching we won't need as many teacher's assistants, Education Minister Kelly Lamrock said yesterday. "We've got to be innovative," Lamrock said during a whistle-stop visit to the campus of 
l'Université de Moncton where he made a short speech to teachers attending the SMArts (Science, Math and the Arts) conference. "The minute you say we can't update our teaching models, the minute you say we can't afford to find ways to teach that include everybody, the minute you say we can't renew and learn from our best teachers, then you are simply talking about downsizing the status quo, and we all know that a downsized status quo ain't gonna cut it in the 21st century." During his speech, Lamrock praised teachers who have received support from the Innovative Learning Fund for their unique projects. He said the projects are helping students learn on their own through group projects and new technology in the classroom. "There has been an old theory in education that you teach in a very old-fashioned, lecture-based way and then if students don't follow along, you put a teaching assistant on them." He said today's students will be tomorrow's leaders and the education system should prepare them for life in the real world where they will need self-reliance and innovative thinking to help their generation push society into a new direction.
l'Université de Moncton where he made a short speech to teachers attending the SMArts (Science, Math and the Arts) conference. "The minute you say we can't update our teaching models, the minute you say we can't afford to find ways to teach that include everybody, the minute you say we can't renew and learn from our best teachers, then you are simply talking about downsizing the status quo, and we all know that a downsized status quo ain't gonna cut it in the 21st century." During his speech, Lamrock praised teachers who have received support from the Innovative Learning Fund for their unique projects. He said the projects are helping students learn on their own through group projects and new technology in the classroom. "There has been an old theory in education that you teach in a very old-fashioned, lecture-based way and then if students don't follow along, you put a teaching assistant on them." He said today's students will be tomorrow's leaders and the education system should prepare them for life in the real world where they will need self-reliance and innovative thinking to help their generation push society into a new direction.For further details visit at timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/676470
