Essential Skills in Trades Education

Trades education prepares learners to become productive, reliable and valued members of our workforce. Technical skills are at the core of the curriculum and are tested to pass the program. Without essential skills, our students will not be able to pass these exams.

The Neurodivergent Owner’s Manual

When I learned about how our brain learns during the cognitive science session of the course I am taking (PIDP 3100), I could not help but think about my own and my daughter’s challenges.  Listen to the podcast https://anchor.fm/frithjof-petscheleit8/episodes/The-Neurodivergent-Owners-Manual-e19sg0t Transcript In this episode, I would like to present some background of a condition that (according to HealthLinkBC) affects …

Indigenous Learning Cultures

For the learning theory report in my PIDP course at VCC, I chose to learn about Indigenous learning philosophies. As always when I learn about the cultures we settlers have oppressed (and still do), I am blown away by the richness and depth of things we still need to learn.