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Melanie McBride is a researcher at Ryerson University’s Experiential Design and Gaming Environments (EDGE) lab. See her About page for more information.
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Happiness: The ultimate best practice

By Melanie, on November 10th, 2007

I think happiness is the ultimate best practice. And it does take practice. TED speakers Dan Gilbert and Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard explain.

(the delightful) Dan Gilbert Psychologist Dan Gilbert says happiness is not what we think. Sorry VISA, but according to hard science, we really can’t buy happiness. In fact, not getting what you [...]

Teaching and learning: Diversity is key

By Melanie, on November 6th, 2007

Traditionally, students with learning challenges are labeled, stigmatized and streamed. Difference gets defined as deficit, and deficit comes to define identity. In some schools, this is still the case.

One of the most inspiring figures I learned about at teacher’s college is pediatric professor Mel Levine, whose original research and approaches have helped to redefine [...]