hey everyone I hope you're having a
wonderful day and welcome back to my
Channel with Chicana we have a special
guest here today you might have
recognized her from our previous video
where we shared how you can become a
teacher here in Ontario let's welcome
teacher Zoe hi So today we're going to
do something really fun with you guys we
are going to do true or false about
Canadian classroom culture and you will
be the one that's doing the guessing we
are going to find out how similar or how
different classroom culture can be now
whether you are a student or a fellow
teacher let's Dive Right In
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all right the first question is is it
true that every elementary teacher in
Canada will need to teach as many as
three subjects let's give them three
seconds is it true three
two one what's the answer it is true so
as an elementary school teacher in
Canada
you pretty much have to teach all of the
subjects so I would teach literacy math
art Zed science physical education yes
so you could also need to teach music
possibly and Taiwan usually teachers
they can choose if they want to teach
more than one subject but usually we are
not asked to teach all subjects usually
we just need to teach one true or false
all right number two teachers are
allowed to collect funds from students
to buy necessary things for the class
for example decorations for the
classroom books or other stationary true
or false
three
two make your guess one
what is the answer the
SE are it fall what in Taiwan
or Elementary or for middle school or
even high school when I was a student
fifty dollars worth of classroom funds
so every student had to hand it in and
then we would be able to purchase
whatever is needed for the classroom or
different courses it's so interesting
because it's like the polar opposite in
Ontario so we are not allowed to ask our
students for money for stationery or
classroom Decor because every teacher is
given a budget usually a few hundred
dollars to buy and purchase classroom
stationery whatever you need for the
classroom so that includes pencils for
your students do tanks notebooks and
whatnot so in the public school system
we do try to provide whatever is
necessary so that is Equitable and it's
fair and inclusive whatever they need to
be successful question number three
teachers can't ask students to bring
stationary to school for example asking
students to bring pencils or erasers 3
seconds
three
two
one okay what is the answer true so
teachers cannot be asking students to
bring things to school of course we want
to prepare our students we do try our
best to support these students and
really teach them those lifelong skills
bring your pencil be ready for school
but if they don't have a pencil or
they've lost the pencil I would be
providing them with a pencil or you
would have like a classroom like pencil
bucket for students to come
and grab a pencil and of course like the
older you get
the more reminders you'll get so the
reminder is a friendly all smiles one
not like a hey yes
lots of love number four if a student is
acting out the teacher can use Force to
stop the student as long as the student
does not get her true or false when I
was in practicum there was a student
that got angry a lot naturally because
you know he's still learning but it got
to a point where he was throwing chairs
pushing kids around and all that if you
are in that situation in a Canadian
classroom
true or false
what do you think
teacher Zoe okay no the teacher cannot
put their hands on the student we are
not allowed to use Force
to handle the situation yes
but what if the student is really angry
and really pushing everyone that's a
really good question so for students in
a situation like that they would already
have a plan that is created or that has
been created by the school we call the
safety plan that outlines what you need
to do in a situation like that one of
the things things that could be included
is evacuation so in a situation like
that if a child a student is throwing
things throwing chairs knocking things
over or throwing sharp objects it is a
harm to that student and a harm to other
students so we would have to evacuate
the rest of the class to a safer place
in the school so it could be the library
or the gym or somewhere else in the
hallway so safety is always number one
and that's why like we never use Force
we never touch we have other things in
place for the students it makes sense
number five students do not have midterm
or finals in elementary school three
two
one
true
for the most part there's no official
midterm or final not elementary school
but there are midterms and finals in
high school so all the way to grade six
all the way to grade eight
wow so in Taiwan it starts from grade
one I think the second semester is wow
this is a very big difference question
number six
here in Ontario Elementary School
students learn with yearly updated
official textbooks regulated by the
Ministry of Education true or false what
do you think Hmm
why why the answer is no there are no
textbooks used in Taiwan we have
textbooks for every single subject and
they are regulated uh by the ministry
even though we have different Publishers
so how is it like here in Canada in
Canadian classrooms yeah so pretty much
over the last decade we have moved away
from using textbooks and the rationale
is like take math class for example what
we do is a comprehensive math program
your math program has math game many
lessons you might go outside connect
with nature to do some math you can
still pull from the textbooks that there
are some very good questions in the
textbook but we're not teaching solely
based on just a textbook and so that way
we can connect to all different types of
Learners so textbooks are definitely not
a common thing at the elementary school
level anymore question number seven
teachers are not allowed to use student
bathrooms true or false
true we are not allowed to use student
bathroom I've never known a single
teacher who wanted to use student bad
words it's not a one it's you're not
supposed to go in yeah yeah
I don't the age now like I yeah it's
generally I've never like I've never
known a teacher who would use a student
bathroom during my practicum yeah I
absolutely did not know about this in
Taiwan It's usually the teachers use it
if we if we need to and I did the same
during the practicum a couple times I
think no teacher saw me using the
student bathroom until one time
um I stepped in and another teacher
hollered I kid you not hollered hey
yeah
you're not a student why are you going
into the bathroom I was so shocked I was
I raised my hand I was like I just wanna
I just wanted I would yeah I just wanted
to go to the bathroom and she's like you
need to go to the teacher you're not
supposed to step in I got educated
afterwards that it could be a safety
issue in Canada teachers use their own
bathroom you know we don't cross paths
all right moving on to the next question
question number eight students need to
answer questions asked by the teacher
when they are in the classroom true or
false
three two or false
the answer is
wait what is that
okay so there is a thing called having
the right to pass that's correct having
the right to pass I was so shocked when
I learned about this term when I was in
graduate class my Asian Soul could not
take it I was like really the right to
pass I think the teacher doesn't get mad
yeah so we try our best to encourage our
students to answer of course we want our
students to answer but if they don't
answer they do have the right to pass I
know when my students do pass me knowing
my students I try my best to ask more
questions that's related to the question
so if I ask a question like what's one
plus one can I pass
and I'll be like let's use our
strategies that we learn can you
remember let's use our fingers so more
prompting
I'll still pass I love it just kidding
that's okay we will come back to you and
then later after the the whole class
lesson is over I might have a chat with
the students to make sure that the
student does understand until the next
time they are asked that question that
hopefully they are able to answer yeah
so there's so many ways around it but
yeah students do have the right to pass
and we're very respectful question
number nine for grades one to three it
is recommended by the Ministry of
Education to at least give out homework
for one and a half hours to students to
encourage Better Learning true or false
false
so basically for grades one to three you
take the grade and then you multiply by
ten so grade one would be one times ten
it would be 10 minutes of recommendation
ten minutes
homework but I've heard you say that
it's not every day that you give
homework
so pretty much it depends on the teacher
too how much homework how they work
around the recommendation and what type
of homework that they give out so for me
teaching grade one last year I gave out
homework once or twice a week but I
every day we would write in our agenda
to read at home and to add to that in
terms of homework you should never be
giving out homework on new material so
homework should always be a practice
things that you've already taught and
that you're confident that your students
know how to do even without the help of
their guardians or family members or
their caretakers at home all right
moving on to the next question question
number ten once you're a permanent
teacher it is nearly impossible to get
fired true or false
what do you think I'm guessing
what do you think yes no no answer yes
the answer is
true so it is very hard to be let go if
you are a permanent teacher yes but
there's something interesting we wanted
to share with you yes it is
nearly impossible however
if you engage in questionable
behaviors and questionable practices
there are consequences there is
something called the Blue Pages where it
outlines what the behavior is and what
the consequences are yeah so what is the
blue pages is like a phone book
did I just accidentally like reveal too
much information about myself so
it's a little book in the oct magazine
that outlines what the inappropriate
behavior was and what the consequences
were is it basically like a gossip book
for teachers well it leads you in the
right direction of what is expected when
you are a teacher okay but truthfully do
teachers like read through and be like
oh look at that look at that teacher oh
oh oh my goodness that I cannot say
all right let's just hope that nobody
gets onto the Blue Book be a good
teacher work hard all right that's all
the guesses for today we hope that
today's video provided a glimpse of how
different classrooms can be in different
countries and obviously there are pros
and cons to every education system and
what I spoke to today is based on my own
experience of course it would always be
helpful if we are all open-minded and
learn to appreciate the strengths and
uniqueness of each system now if you
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