Nicki’s Portfolio

Week 3: There is beauty in life, a connection in which humanity resonates between nature and nurture. I have tried sifting through topics and theorists trying to find an area in which I want to further engage with. I believe the “Aesthetic Experience” speaks to me as a learner, not only in my education but in my interactions with the world around me. It is easy to bombard a student with important concepts, theories, and facts of a curriculum but…

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Week 2: Curriculum Theory and Practice September 15th, 2020 Curriculum development from a traditionalist perspective is widely used across schools in Canada and other countries…. What is curriculum? Who to teach, how to teach and why do we teach? In the field of education curriculum is “the planned programme of objectives, content, learning experiences, resources and assessment offered by a school.” (p 5 ECS) The curriculum over time has been influenced by many theorists but today I will be focusing…

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Week 1: Commonsense September 8th, 2020 Readings/viewings: The problem of common sense (From Kumashiro. (2009). Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice, pp. XXIX – XLI).  How does Kumashiro define ‘commonsense?’ Why is it so important to pay attention to the ‘commonsense’? What commonsense understandings of curriculum and pedagogy do you bring with you into this course? Kumashiro defines “commonsense” as what a group takes for granted as common knowledge in a place setting, which is instilled to us as the…

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