Final Blog Post
Here is my reflection, if I sound shaky it is because I am always just a nervous speaker.
Blog Post 12: Math
Mathematics is typically a huge part of schooling and is seen as one of the major subjects. I find math to be a subject I enjoy and is something I could say I’m fairly okay at but it hasn’t always been like this. Throughout middle school, there was great emphasis on memorizing and just knowing the answer without having to take time to figure it out, however, I was not one of those students and I fully struggled with that…
Blog Post 11: Multilingual Students
Canada is one of the most well-known multicultural countries, and with that comes many languages. Most people will speak English (obviously) with the French language being an addition many people know as well since Canada has two official languages, but we as teachers have to go beyond that as many of our students could speak languages we haven’t even thought of. Because of this, they often feel left out when doing speaking assignments, or when educators discuss the French language…
Blog Post 7: Progressive Education
Progressive education is very much the opposite of traditional education, but it’s been very hard to implement and make changes to the current education system. John Dewey is part of the progressive education movement and in the reading for progressive education, he goes in-depth about the changes we could be making, why, and the relation to a global context. Relating progressive education globally, we are seeing the rise of many different naturalist studies being implemented in schools (as well as…
Blog Post 5: Curriculum
Looking into Levins Article, we see that there is much more that goes into curriculum making than what is typically thought. Its not just making a list of goals and then implementing it, there is politics as well as many different groups of people helping to develop it. The curriculum is developed on two levels, the first being broad goals and the second being specific learning objectives. There are several groups involved in the making including politicians, educators, board members,…
End of Semester
I just wanted to say a quick thank you to my ECS professors this year as they are the only reason I have had a relatively good year in university and I wanted to put this because I genuinely am thankful for how welcoming Julie was to us and really made me feel happy to be in the program I am in
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