Numeracy and Literacy
It was interesting to see some of the different ways of looking at education and specifically numeracy and literacy. It was not difficult to see some ways that Eurocentric ideas … Continue readingNumeracy and Literacy
Let the Adventure Begin
It was interesting to see some of the different ways of looking at education and specifically numeracy and literacy. It was not difficult to see some ways that Eurocentric ideas … Continue readingNumeracy and Literacy
The citizenship education in my K-12 years was mostly personally responsible based. Joel Westheimer and Joseph Cane in What Kind of Citizen, categorize that as generally character education and volunteerism … Continue readingCitizenship Education
It is so unfortunate that many teachers and students did not see the value in learning about Treaties and Indigenous ways of knowing. This is sadly a too common scenario … Continue readingTreaty/Settler Education
Having an understanding of how curriculum is made was very beneficial to me. I had not realized how much of the curriculum process was politically motivated and the Levin article … Continue readingPolitics of Curriculum
Common sense would dictate that a “good” student can is obedient, sits quietly and listens to the teacher’s instructions, does all of their work and homework in the way the … Continue readingGood Students and Great Students
Hearing “Common Sense” as the definition of what everyone should know, by Kumashiro, was interesting. It can be so easy to forget that the things that are normal and accepted … Continue readingCommon Sense