Shay Swystun

I have never heard of the three different kinds of citizenship before doing this week assigned tasks, I thought it was very interesting to look back and group my teachers based on the three different characteristics. Going through elementary school the most prominent type of citizen was “ the Personally Responsible Citizen”  this type of citizen shows characteristics of integrity and does a lot for their community. For example, donating blood, or giving food to food Drives. I believe that this…

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If I was put in this position, I would reply somewhere along the lines of… Dear Intern,  This is a issue that is very prevalent in the Canadian education system but I am sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time. I personally almost always had treaty ed implemented into my classrooms growing up however, through my secondary education I have meant several people who did not have that opportunity, and the idea of treaty ed is…

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In Levin’s article “Curriculum Policy and the Politics of what should be learned in schools” it explains the development of school curriculum. There was a large emphasise on policies, polices conduct everything that has to do with aspects of education. Education is very political which I was always aware of, but I was still shocked at the extent of just how political education is even though many decisions are made with little public knowledge or attention. The government brings many…

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