What is the ‘Good and Ideal’ Student in the Eyes of Curriculum?       Ideal and Good; two words I wished weren’t used in the curriculum, school systems and even the classroom.  Ideal when referring to kids tends to mean the perfect and well rounded students that teachers require all their class to be.  Good is another one of those words we as teachers should not use in the classroom.  Good means that all students are seen as great and can never do anything wrong.        The ‘ideal’ student we often describe in the school based curriculum and within our common sense tends to be an individual who struggles…

     Researching through a hefty list of influential scholars and educators was a difficult task.  As all people have their own intentions in life.  Teachers and educators have their own pedagogies, beliefs and opinions in the classroom.  So narrowing in on one individual was a challenge.        Ultimately I choose to take them to better understand educator and teacher Jen Gilbert, and her steps and influential effects on the Education system.  Gilbert is a professor at York University.  Jen Gilbert teaches courses ranging from topics such as Sexualties and Education, Adolescent Development and Health, Inquiries into Learning and even a Student Initiated Collaborative Inquiry.  Gilbert believes in supporting…

     The Tyler Rationale, in other words a curriculum model movement; can be defined as designed for the teachers to have all the power and strength, but their one and only intention in that role is to facilitate students racing to a direct goal in a specific timeline.  Ralph Tyler the man behind the movement is the godfather of evaluation and assessment.  In other words he believes in the idea that a teacher’s  mission should be to push students into the goal of hitting success in a certain time.  So take that with what you will, and understand that his rationale is used in schools, classrooms, curriculums and education…

What is Common Sense in Link to Curriculum?      As a growing teacher and educator, I have found myself connecting common words to the education system.  Common Sense being one of them.  Thanks to Kumashiro, otherwise known as the author of ‘The Problem of Common Sense,”  for all the knowledge I have gained in just seven pages.        The definition of common sense can be defined as “not what schools could be doing, but rather what they should be doing” (Kumashiro, 35).  In all honesty I have been aware of the ways education systems need to improve, grow and develop to be more inclusive and respectful schools.  The…