Liz Newberry’s article Canoe Pedagogy and Colonial History: Exploring Contested Spaces of Outdoor Environmental Education mentions that the Euro-westernized way of teaching focuses more on the details of the fur trade and the daily lives of voyageurs during colonialism. Although these are…
Month: November 2019
CJ #2: Reciprocity with the Land
After looking through topics on how to disrupt climate change, I really liked the idea of gardening. When I was younger, I would often help my mom in the garden. I remember pulling out weeds, picking carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and…
CJ #1: What is the Environment?
When I read the question “what does the environment mean to you?” I thought of many things. To me, the word “environment” basically means our surroundings. For example, it could be an indoor environment such as home or school or…
Constructions of Schooling
Over the last couple of weeks, we have touched on several topics that have helped shape and influence education. Throughout history, several teachers, students, and other professionals have played a role in shaping the education system and how education is…
Constructions of the Learner
We have touched on many topics over the course of the last couple of months. Some topics had me questioning as to why they had to be taught, whereas others I found critical for future educators to know and be…
Blog Entry #8
3 Things I learned I never really thought of teachers being considered as a discourse. In all the education courses I have taken so far, we have talked about several different discourses – but never about teaching being a discourse…
Blog Entry #7
3 Things I learned: The reading on Teachers, Administrators, and the Schools stated that there were usually shortages in French Immersion teachers. Although I have attended a French immersion elementary school and high school, I never noticed the shortage of…
Blog Entry #6
I have always been interested in social justice, so this week’s readings really sparked my interest. A connection I made with this was with the material I learned in my EDFN 306 class. In this class, we discussed gender diversity…
Blog Entry #5
3 Things I learned 1) I never thought of social class and socioeconomic status as different things. After reading this section, I learned they are different, but I also had trouble understanding the difference. I had to re-read the section…
Blog Entry #4
3 Things I Learned: 1) In previous classes, I have learned that the Indigenous people are very spiritual beings. Something interesting I learned from the reading Marie Battiste’s Nourishing the Learning Spirit is that there is a spirit for everything…