April 4 ECS 203 Summary
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March 31 Teaching Mathematics
Leroy Little Bear remarked in Jagged Worldviews Colliding that there are always various methods of experiencing the world, regardless of how dominant a worldview may be (2000). Despite Canada’s multiculturalism, government institutions teach white, Eurocentric curricula. Diversity in mathematics is inhibited (Bear, 2000). I learned math only in the...
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March 24 Multilingual classroom
Regardless of Indigenous student numbers, all schools should provide First Nations, Metis, and Inuit topics and views. Students’ worldviews are shaped by their teachers. Racism and colonialism will persist until Indigenous cultures, worldviews, and teachings are imparted (Kruger, 2017). “Investing in Indigenous history, cultural events, and relationship building, even...
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March 17 Queering the Curriculum
We can address the systematic discrimination of LGBTQ+ youth by recognizing that it occurs in all schools and communities. It’s not a subject we can avoid because it’s unpleasant or inconsequential. Because LGBTQ+ kids are everywhere and encounter bigotry and persecution at an increasing rate, these issues should be...
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March 10 Treaty Education for all
Regardless of Indigenous student enrollment, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit curricula and perspectives should be provided in all schools. Teachers have a significant influence on their students’ worldviews. Racism and colonialism’s underlying curriculum will only exist if Indigenous cultures, worldviews, and teachings are not incorporated in the classroom (Kruger,...
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March 3 Cultural Relevancy and A Sense of Place
In the not-too-distant future, culturally relevant pedagogy will need to consider not just the various groups of children that we will be instructing but also the children’s families and their families’ expectations of the educational system. Even while it is impossible to meet everyone’s needs at all times, you...
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Feb 17- Hip Hop Pedagogy as a Form of Liberatory Praxis
In the article titled Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy as a Form of Liberatory Praxis by A.A. Akon, he brings up an exciting point that hip hop pedagogy touches on such important topics like race, class, oppression, sexuality, and so much more like mental health and all these problems people...
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Feb 10- Citizenship video and podcast
What’s your understanding of citizenship? How can we relate Treaty Education to citizenship? First, everyone has a different understanding of what the word citizenship means to them, like the conversations we have and participate in class discussions. Citizenship means that we are all part of a political process and...
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February 3rd – Levin Article
In the paper that Levin created, he states that politics and policy are the primary and most significant factors in determining the curriculum. People who hold positions of authority in a society are the ones who engage in politics because they are in a place to collect the ideas...
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Week #4 A “Good” student
According to the common understanding, a student who maintains a high grade point average pays careful attention in class and works hard on their assignments fits the bill for the descriptor of an “outstanding” student. They will have been provided with a peaceful night’s sleep and nutritious meals from...
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