Blog post 5

  • According to the Levin article, how are school curricula developed and implemented? What new information/perspectives does this reading provide about the development and implementation of school curriculum? Is there anything that surprises you or maybe that concerns you? 
  • After reading pages 1-4 of the Treaty Education document, what connections can you make between the article and the implementation of Treaty Education in Saskatchewan? What tensions might you imagine were part of the development of the Treaty Education curriculum?

After reading the Levin article, I was quite shocked by how big of a role the government has in developing and implementing the curricula. The idea of so much politics going into the developmental process of the curriculum was shocking in my eyes, I also learned from the article that the government also has to keep in mind the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of the voters. After reading this article my perspective changed on politics, when i vote for a party i vote for the same one i vote for all the time now.

I have always thought learning about treaties is very important to learn about in school and in general, because if you dont learn about it you don’t understand what it is going on with treaties. when i was in elementary school it was’nt talked about much beacause it was  in the curriculum but not tought .