For the final assignment in ECS 203, I decided to make a PowerPoint presentation and present it on the knowledge that I gained throughout this class. throughout the PowerPoint, I tried to highlight the weeks and topics that I felt were important to the course and my own beliefs. Having grown up in a small […]
In the article “As a Sort of Blanket Term”: Qualitative Analysis of Queer Sexual Identity Marking, the authors focus on the diversity that can be found throughout sexuality. An important quote that I found in this reading was “Sexual minority individuals are often categorized together as having common experiences surrounding their identities”. The reason why I […]
I was born and raised in a small southern town in Saskatchewan and I have seen the effects that it has had on my outlook on life. throughout my early education, I was taught the small town living lifestyle and nothing really more than that. although I saw no problem with this as a young […]
For this week’s article, we were asked to read Jagged worldviews colliding by Leroy Little Bear which focuses on the problem that colonialism can play in society. throughout this paper, he makes a lot of interesting connections on how colonialism can affect the teaching and learning of mathematics in schools. the article makes points about how the […]
for this week’s articles to read we were asked to read “We are all Treaty People: The Contemporary Countenances of Canadian Curriculum Studies” and watch three different videos on the process of treaty education. One of the main things that I gained from all of the videos and articles is that treaty education is important […]
A sense of place can often be lost in a busy classroom but I believe that it is one of the most important aspects of a student’s school life. A student’s comfortableness in a classroom can affect the way that they learn and act in the classroom. I am excited to see the opportunities that […]
Throughout this week, we were tasked with reading two articles and I chose to write about the use of Hip Hop in social justice. I read the article “Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy as a form of Liberatory Praxis” by A. A. Akom. the author makes connections between using hip hop as a tool for students […]
The curriculum is a very large topic when it comes to student’s education and the curriculum is what teachers are supposed to use when teaching students. Each course or subject has a certain goal by the end of the class on what the students should have learnt. although this is a nice way of looking […]
After observing the 2 readings: Painter’s A History of Education and Kumashiro’s Preparing Students for Crisis: What it Means to be a Good Student, it can be hard to grasp what both of the authors are saying about “good” students. I say this because both of the articles provide many examples of how students can become “good” […]
The concept of curriculum that I have decided to talk about is Life Writing, the reason why I chose to write about this certain concept is I think it has a lot of importance when it comes to student reflections. The author of the article I have found goes into a lot of detail about […]