Hannah Klassen

Week 5 Blog Reflection In the article written by Levin, he explains that curriculum is heavily and primarily influenced by politics and policies. Politics entails the people who have the power in society to take societal opinions and perspectives, and reflect those ideologies into legislation. Personally, I do not follow politics very closely as a topic of interest but I do actively enact my right to vote. Although it makes complete sense, I’ve never specifically correlated political power to power…

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The majority of people would have some preconceived notion on what it means to be a “good” student. Presumably, we’ve all experienced more or less twelve years of schooling in which we experienced the expectations of a good student. Kumashiro explains in the chapter “Preparing Teachers for Crisis: A Sample Lesson” his experience with a student who did not fit the commonsense perspective of a good student; did not listen to instructions well, difficulties paying attention and listening quietly, and…

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“Constructivism and Lesson Planning” January 19th/2023 For assignment one, I’ve decided to focus on constructivism and learner-centered approaches to teaching. I feel like this concept really focuses on a key aspect of education as a guide to help students acquire life skills and further independence. After skimming through a few articles that were a bit too dated, I found an article written by Lawrence A. White titled “Building Future-Ready Learners: Constructivism and Lesson Planning” published in the fall of 2021….

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“Curriculum Theory and Practice” January 13th/2023 I found it interesting reading about the curriculum in the traditional sense and how it is inherently flawed. Many of us have experienced this traditional method of curriculum as it is common sense within our society for schools to function this way. I experienced the traditional curriculum theory, mainly through prioritizing product and test results. We followed the objectives and subject matter as the curriculum stated, and we were praised for punctuality. We were…

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“The Problem of Common Sense” January 6th/2023 ECS 203: Curriculum and Pedagogy – Reading #1 For the first reflection this semester, we were tasked to read an article titled “The Problem of Common Sense” by Kevin Kumashiro, found in the text Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Towards Social Justice. I found this article incredibly interesting and insightful as an introduction to the course material. Kumashiro begins his thoughts on commonsense by sharing a past experience of teaching abroad. His…

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