In my elementary school and high school the student body, teachers and staff were primarily white. We also read books that were mostly centered on white characters and their experiences. I think that this lack in diversity in the school and the books that we read gave me a view on the world that wasn’t
Month: March 2019
Week 9 – ECS 210 Blog Post
In math classes in school I remember them only being taught one way. The classes only really benefitted people who thought in a certain way which made it very difficult for me. I was okay at math but it would take me a lot longer to understand certain units and often I had to ask
Week 8 – ECS 210 Blog Post
The two types of citizenship education that were the main focus in my K-12 schooling were the Personally Responsible Citizen and the Participatory Citizen. I think that these two types of citizenship education were used because they are the easiest to implement in a classroom setting. These types are also easiest to teach because they
Week 7 – ECS 210 Blog Post
I think that teaching treaty Ed and FNIM content is very important even when there are few to no students who are Indigenous in the classroom. I think it’s important to learn about the history of treaties in Canada, as well as the history of Indigenous peoples. Indigenous teachings are not only valuable to Indigenous