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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

3 Things I learned 1) In past readings and classes, I learned about self-esteem and self-concept. In this reading, I learned about self-efficacy. More specifically, the self-efficacy of teachers and how to develop and maintain higher efficacy. Self-efficacy is involved…

3 Things I Learned 1) On page 76, the reading states that for many adolescence, peers are the main determinants of how invested there are in school and how much effort they put into their education – this can be…

3 Things I learned 1) In the article, Enough Talk About Grit; It’s Time to Talk About Privilege, Paul L. Thomas discusses that using the term effort in lessons as a mask for privilege causes harm to students. Although effort is an…