Final ECS 210 Video reflection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQrRcyS34M8&feature=youtu.be

Numeracy Through Different Cultures

My relationship with mathematics has always been a strained one.  I've always struggled with the concepts, and never had that natural talent for numbers like some people have.  I think the reasons as to why I have such a distaste for the subject, comes from bad experiences in math classes during my childhood.  Although I …

The Single Stories Schools Present

I grew up in a city where the majority of the citizens were white.  All of the teachers I had were white.  The majority of people I interacted with in my hometown were white.  This weeks article looks at "single stories" and whose stories were presented.  Obviously, the "single stories" that were presented to me …

week 8 – citizenship

When I think back to my experience with citizenship, it seems that my time spent in elementary school focused on becoming a personally responsible citizen,  and junior high to high school focused more on becoming a participatory citizen.  I think that my elementary schooling taught me how to participate but did not look at bigger …

We are all Treaty People

I really enjoyed the ideas Dwayne Donald expressed in the video I watched.  When discussing colonialism, he talked about how it is an extended process of denying relationship.  He explained that there is a disconnect in the relationship between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people.  When each group communicates with one another they are missing each other, …

Mushkegowuk Cree Community Building

The article we read this week looked at the Mushkegowuk people from Fort Albany First Nations, Ontario and their goal to return to traditional ways of knowing.  The project hoped to build youth's connection to nature because they believe that nature is connected to intellectual, emotional, social, psychical, and spiritual development.  This project helped start …

Thoughts after the Reading

The reading this week helped me look at curriculum from a new perspective.  Levin argues that many educators "feel that education is a matter of expertise and should be beyond politics." I happen to agree with that belief.  Before reading I thought that policies surrounding education should be created by experienced educators.  Upon further reading, I …

Pre-reading questions

Based on what I have learned throughout the semester so far is that developing curriculum takes a long time to change.  I know that the government develops the curriculum through the board of education.  I think that the people developing the curricula look at the needs of the students.  Students who live in Saskatchewan are …

Expanding Ideas on Commonsense

This week we are once again looking at commonsense in education, specifically how it affects the student.  I thought our discussion on how schools have radicalized throughout history was very interesting.  It really made me think about my schooling I've has so far and the fact that topics on race were avoided altogether until I …

From the words of Neil Postman

Throughout this month, the question “what type of teacher do I want to be?” has been floating around my mind.  The more I learn about different theorist, the more I realize that my values surround the ideas of progressivism and connectivism.  I want my teaching to be very child-centered, and try to teach according to …