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My schooling has had a huge affect on the person I became today. I grew up with a very Westernized way of schooling and had all white teachers throughout my schooling. It has a strong affect on the bias that I have today but my upbringing also has a big affect on that. Growing up,Continue reading “Curriculum as Literacy”

Some examples of citizenship education from my K-12 schooling were: Terry Fox run, magazine sales, volunteering at the nursing home, volunteering, SRC, SLC, etc. During my elementary and high school years, the citizenship most focused on was Personally-responsible citizen. Since Elementary School teachers have focused on teaching us the basics our responsibility to society asContinue reading “Curriculum as Citizenship”

1. 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? 2. What does it mean for your understanding of curriculum that “We are all treaty people”? I believe that it is important toContinue reading “Curriculum as Treaty Education”

Throughout the article, you see reinhabitation and decolonization through starting to use the original language with the words, getting youth and elders to work together to re-learn the way of the culture and the importance of the river and the history of the river. I really like the idea that elders and youth are comingContinue reading “Curriculum as Place”

Over the past century, Curriculum has changed drastically but also has stayed very similar to the past. In order to understand why the curriculum is how it is today, we need to understand the historical roots of curriculum. In an article by Peter Seixas, A Model of Historical Thinking, it talks about the different countriesContinue reading “Historical Roots and the Curriculum”

According to Tyler’s Theory, if you know the end result, everything else will be fine. He wanted a practical approach to school and curriculum and the end result for all students to be the same. During my school years, I have noticed Tyler’s approach without knowing who he was and why the schooling was howContinue reading “ECS 210 Blog Post #2- Ralph Tyler”

How does Kumashiro define ‘commonsense?’ Why is it so important to pay attention to the ‘commonsense’? Kumashiro defines “common sense” as the idea that people “understand the way things are supposed to be, not the way they could be.” It is the values and beliefs that people are taught at a young age and areContinue reading “The Problem of Common Sense Response”