As teachers it is a key factor that we are able to understand multiple cultures and languages in the the classroom. Having us teachers be able to have a good understanding about multiculturalism will help unsure the students are educated about it as well. In my high school and elementary school I was never exposed
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Blog 10 – 2SLBGTQIA+ in the curriculum
It is important that future educators, current educators, students and all staff create safe and inclusive school environments for all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+. As teachers we need to have updated resources in our classrooms at hand for the students to be sure they feel accepted in their school environment. By including 2SLGBTQIA+ in the
Elementary Music Education
Using music in the classroom as a future elementary teacher is something that will be important to utilize. Teaching students about music is something that the students can use throughout their whole lives. In my small town school, we had an amazing teacher that had so much passion for music. She taught all of my
Blog 6 – HipHop
HipHop is a great Resource to bring into the schools. I never really thought about how it would be a good asset within teaching. Akom talks about how is a good way to being up levels of participation and it is a youth driven activity. He also talks about how studying hip hop requires critical
ECS Blog 6
To me citizenship, has never been anything deeper to me other than being apart of a community. As I grow older I realize the importance of citizenship, I am learning more and more about it throughout my university studies. Citizenship is the right to live in a place and no one can’t take that right
ECS 203 Blog Post 5
My take from Benjamin Levin’s article was that the curriculum based on what the political experts, and the political promoters in the province. Politian’s in our province, are not the most qualified to make decisions about our education system/curriculum. although they do not have the most knowledge about our education system, they do have the
Sexual Education and the curriculum
Some may think that sexual education should not be taught in schools. Maybe it should be taught at home? Or on their own time? But personally I believe it needs to be taught in school and be in a curriculum. If not children and young adults will grow up clueless about what is inevitable, without
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Question A) I believe schools still use the Tyler approach and that in mine high school and elementary school experience, it was used. In certain situations some of my teachers would give them option, or let us vote whether we wanted to do a final exam or a final project. Although throughout the year we
Blog 1 – ECS 203
Kumashiro explains common sense in his writing called “the problem of common sense”. It’s defined as “the knowledge a group of people has that feels comfortable to them”. I agree with this definition, common sense is what comes naturally to majority of people. It is important to pay attention to common sense, because if someone