Week Eleven: Being able to Integrate Acceptance of Sexual Identity in the Classroom
[“As a Sort of Blanket Term”: Qualitative Analysis of Queer Sexual Identity Marking]: In what ways is queer sexual identity marking both similar to and distinct from other forms of sexuality marking? There are similarities and differences between queer sexual identity marking and other forms of sexual identity marking. Queer sexual identity marking can be…
Week Ten: Is School a Tool to Shape how Students View the World?
How has your upbringing/schooling shaped how you “read the world?” What biases and lenses do you bring to the classroom? How might we unlearn/work against these biases? This question is something that I have always pondered. I have mentioned to people numerous times that we spend more time at school than we do at home,…
Week Nine: Approaching Mathematics in Education
Part 1: At the beginning of the reading, Leroy Little Bear (2000) states that colonialism “tries to maintain a singular social order by means of force and law, suppressing the diversity of human worldviews. … Typically, this proposition creates oppression and discrimination” (p. 77). Think back to your experiences of the teaching and learning of…
Week Eight: Treaty Education Within the Classroom
During fall semester several years ago, Dr. Mike Cappello received an email from an intern asking for help. Here’s part of it: “As part of my classes for my three week block I have picked up a Social Studies 30 course. This past week we have been discussing the concept of standard of living and…