My schooling experience in regards to citizenship for the most part was focused on being kind to others, sportsmanship in extra-curriculars, recycling in the classroom, not littering on the playground, sharing is caring, walking to school if you can avoid…
Author: Delaney Epp
Week 6: Building Curriculum
Noted in “Curriculum Policy and the Politics of What Should Be Learned in Schools” , curriculum is a fundamental framework of schooling. Curriculum is also a political and social construct. It is noted, “whether controversial or not, education policy decisions,…
Week 5: Queering the Curriculum
To address the intrinsically homophonic, transphobic, biphobic and oppressive ways systems are taught within our curriculum we as an education community need to teach ourselves and understand the importance of queering the curriculum. We need to be leaders, advocates and…
Week 4: Saskatchewan Curriculum & Pedagogy
According to commonsense, being a good student means conforming to learnings and knowledge that are set out by what society deems as important. It means listening when you are required to listen, working when you are required to work and…
Week 3: Critical Summary Practice
Nel Noddings is an American educator who studies moral education, care ethics and much more. In her book; Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education she argues in chapter eight, Moral Education, the one-caring teacher is a necessity…
Week 2: Curriculum Theory and Practice
Reading more into the Tyler rationale I realize how relevant it was to my experiences in school. In elementary school we had evaluations or tests in the later grades once every two weeks to a month, so in reflection that…
Week 1: Common Sense
Common sense is defined as what everyone should know through experience and teaching. Common sense is further explained as what schools should be doing and everyone follows that same framework. However Kumashivo states “Common sense limits what is considered to…