Part 1: At the beginning of the reading, Leroy Little Bear (2000) states that colonialism “tries to maintain a singular social order by means of force and law, suppressing the diversity of human worldviews. … Typically, this proposition creates oppression and discrimination” (p. 77). Think back on your experiences of the teaching and learning of mathematics — were there aspects…

How can teachers maximize engagement among multilingual students? What are some effective ways to integrate multilingual instructional strategies into classrooms? According to the article “Researchers have discovered that by encouraging multilingual students to use their home languages alongside the language of the classroom, they come to view themselves as talented and accomplished speakers of multiple languages who are more likely…

How might we begin to address the ways in which the systems that we teach our curriculum in are intrinsically homophobic, transphobic, biphobic and oppressive towards queer and trans people? As a future educator, I will adapt my own speech by eliminating the use of saying references such as “you guys” and instead I will reference my students with other…

What is the purpose of teaching Treaty Ed (specifically) or First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) Content and Perspectives (generally) where there are few or no First Nations, Metis, Inuit peoples? What does it mean for your understanding of curriculum that “We are all treaty people”? Claire highlights in her introduction video and the Q&A that the importance of teaching…

What will culturally relevant pedagogy look like, sound like, feel like, in your future classroom? Culturally relevant pedagogy focuses on the importance of “students needing to learn about experiences and points of view of people from racial groups different from their own, understanding where others are “coming from” and why” (Lopez, 2011, p. 15). To present culturally relevant pedagogy in…

How can we understand new educational trends in relation to the global network context? How may we build upon and direct these new educational trends to realize the contemporary democratic aspirations of a global network society? To develop an understanding to the global network context, we need to reflect on the effects of the industrial revolution in society. John Dewey…

What’s your understanding of citizenship? How can we relate Treaty Education to citizenship? In basic terms, citizenship means to belong to a country and to participate actively by paying taxes and working towards bettering their countries economy, etc. But citizenship goes much deeper than that. To be a “good” citizen, an individual must not only act as personally-responsible citizen but…

According to the Levin article, how are school curricula developed and implemented? What new information/perspectives does this reading provide about the development and implementation of school curriculum? Is there anything that surprises you or maybe that concerns you?  In the article, Curriculum Policy and the Politics of What Should Be Learned In Schools, Ben Levin reviews the role of the…

What does it mean to be a “good” student according to the commonsense? Which students are privileged by this definition of the good student? How is the “good” student shaped by historical factors?  According to commonsense, for different countries or races, individuals must maintain the same cultural understandings and practices within their given societies. In A History of Education, Painter states…

Read over the criteria for Assignment 1. Take a look at the possible scholars and/or concepts/topics.  Then, choose either a scholar or a topic/concept and begin to explore them/it. You might find a quote or an article that piques your interest. In your blog post, practice creating a short summary of what you have found. Then, finish up your blog…