Author Archives: laciglennie

ECS 203 has introduced many new concepts to me and this is a quick summary of what I learned and what I will take with me into my future as a teacher.

Throughout my school experience mathematics was taught the same way in every classroom. Personally, I struggled with mathematics and the teaching methods used in my school did not help me improve. My teachers used the typical Eurocentric ideas to teach mathematics. My teachers only provided one way to go about the problems and solutions inContinue reading “Blog 11: Mathematics”

It is very important to teach Treaty Education because we are all treaty people. We are all on treaty land and must learn the importance of that. In general, a teacher does not know the historical background of their students just by looking at them. There may be a First Nations, Metis, or Inuit studentContinue reading “Blog 10: Treaty Education”

As I hope to be a secondary English teacher the article “Culturally relevant pedagogy and critical literacy in diverse English classrooms: A case study of a Secondary English teacher’s activism and agency” by Anne Lopez was very useful to me. Culturally relevant pedagogy in my future classroom will look like diversity because I Plan toContinue reading “Blog 9: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Place-Based Learning”

According to “John Dewey and the Challenge of Progressive Education” teachers need to adapt to the changing times. Dewey (2013) explains that educational trends are used as an attempt to keep up to the changing patterns in the global network society (p. 77). These trends include “active and cooperative learning, interdisciplinary projects, networked distance learning,Continue reading “Blog 8: John Dewey and the Challenge of Progressive Education”

I do not remember being specifically taught anything about citizenship education but I remember having assignments that involved getting out into the community and volunteering. I remember being asked what kind of person I wanted to be and whether I want to make a difference in the world. My teachers would always emphasize the importanceContinue reading “Blog 7: What kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy”

While reading Ben Levin’s article “Curriculum Policy and the Politics of What Should Be Learned in Schools” many different thoughts went through my head. Most of what I read mostly confirmed how I thought the curriculum was put together but some of it was surprising. The biggest thing that surprised me is the fact thatContinue reading “Blog 6: The Curriculum”

[Deepening the Discussion]: How might we begin to address the ways in which the systems that we teach our curriculum in are intrinsically homophonic, transphobic, biphobic, and oppressive towards queer and trans people? [Queering Classrooms, Curricula, and Care: Stories From Those Who Dare]: Which rule/discourse should the teacher follow: providing the duty of care forContinue reading “Blog 5: Queerness in the Curriculum”

According to common sense a “good” student is one who sits and listens quietly during class, not one who cannot sit still or is considered a ‘handful.’ The students who are capable of sitting still and quietly listening are the ones who are privileged in this definition of a “good” student. Student’s who do notContinue reading “Blog 4: “Good” Students”