“Colten” is who I have chosen to put in my pocket so he will always be there to remind me of how I can do better as a teacher. Colten is my son, and it makes me so proud to see what he has overcome. Every day, he inspires me with his determination to show
ECS 203 Summary of Learning
Hello, here is my summary of learning for ECS 203 Curriculum and Pedagogy
ECS 203 Blog Post #6 Numeracy and Literacy
Part 1 (Numeracy): Using Gale’s lecture, Poirier’s article, and Bear’s article, identify at least three ways in which Inuit mathematics challenge Eurocentric ideas about the purpose of mathematics and the way we learn it. Throughout Gale Russell’s lecture Curriculum as Numeracy, the main message she conveyed to me is that “we are all mathematical beings,
ECS 203 Blog #5 The Purpose of Teaching Treaty Education
During fall semester several years ago, Dr. Mike Cappello received an email from an intern asking for help. Here’s part of it: “As part of my classes for my three week block I have picked up a Social Studies 30 course. This past week we have been discussing the concept of standard of living and
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ECS 203 Blog #4 -Building Curriculum
Provide a brief summary of your understanding of the three learning theories introduced in the readings (behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism). How can you connect these learning theories with the models of curriculum (product, process, and praxis in particular) that we have discussed? Behaviourism learning theory is based on an objectivist approach to learning. Meaning
ECS 203 Blog #3 -Curriculum Development
According to the Levin article, how are school curricula developed and implemented? Upon reading the Levin article I have learned that school curricular goals and outcomes are developed mostly by key experts or experts in a particular field of study. Some of the struggles regarding this is the fact that most times key experts are
ECS 203 Blog #2 -“Good” Student
What does it mean to be a “good” student according to the commonsense? Looking at the example of the student named M, which was provided to us by kumashiro at the start of chapter two of his book, Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Towards Social Justice we are given insight into how a “good”
ECS 203 Blog #1 -The Problem with Common Sense and Curriculum Theory and Practice
Common-Sense How does Kumashiro define ‘commonsense?’ Why is it so important to pay attention to the ‘commonsense’? Kumashiro defines ‘common-sense’ as, “ideas that help us to make sense of and feel at ease with the things that get repeated in our everyday lives” (pg. 33) So in other words, these are daily practices everyone around
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