Selection #1: https://edusites.uregina.ca/isabellagrajczyk/2019/03/06/week-8-ecs-210-blog-post/ Selection #2: https://edusites.uregina.ca/isabellagrajczyk/2019/02/01/week-4-ecs-210-blog-post/ Curriculum as Place: https://edusites.uregina.ca/isabellagrajczyk/2019/02/22/week-6-ecs-210-blog-post/ Curriculum and Treaty Education: https://edusites.uregina.ca/isabellagrajczyk/2019/03/02/ecs-21o-week-7/
Category: ECS 210
ECS 210 Video Summary
For my summary of learning I decided to focus on 3 areas from class that I enjoyed the most. In my video I discuss curriculum as place, treaty education and curriculum as numeracy. Hope you enjoy my video!
Week 10 – ECS 210 Blog Post
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
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
Week 6 – ECS 210 Blog Post
Learning From Place This post is based off the article Learning From Place. Reinhabitation is present in the narrative through the river and the group trip involving the river. This is reinhabitation because the youth are learning from the elders how to appreciate the environment, specifically the river. Reinhabitation also happens in the interviews that the youth
Week 5 – ECS 210 Blog Post
Before: I think school curricula are developed by education professionals, combined with government employees. I think that these individuals get together and discuss what information should be learned by students for each subject and grade level. I think it is a joint effort to create the curriculum and it rests on the shoulders of a
Week 4 – ECS 210 Blog Post
A “good” student is someone who sits quietly in class, does exactly what they are told and completes assignments the exact way the teacher told them to. The problem with this idea of a “good” student is that this is only a representation of a certain type of individual. Not all students are able to
Week 3 – ECS 210 Blog Post
“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child” – Maria Montessori What does this quote make possible? It allows for the focus of education to be put on the happiness and experience of the child. Instead of an education that focuses on the input of facts into the child’s