This week’s blog prompt asks us to think about what we know in regards to curriculum development. The prompt asks us to write about how we think school curricula are developed. Before: Prior to reading this article what I know about how school curricula are developed is a somewhat basic understanding. Curricula is developed in … More Curriculum Development (Before and After)

“The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.” – Maxine Greene This week we began to look at reconceptualists in curriculum theory. During which I was introduced to Maxine Greene. Greene is a respected educator and philosopher. She has a doctorate in education, … More Art cannot change the world…

In this week’s reading for ECS 210 we take a look at curriculum development from a traditional theorist point of view. In my response to this week’s reading I will focus on the Tyler Rationale as it is presented in  In Understanding and shaping curriculum: What we teach and why by Thomas Hewitt. According to Hewitt … More The Tyler Rationale- Systematic Approaches to Curriculum and The Learner

As we begin the semester for ECS 210 at the University of Regina we start with a reading that introduces us to the ideas and issues surrounding anti-oppressive education and the implicit biases of a post-colonial view of education and curriculum. As we read the introduction to Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice by … More The trouble with ‘common sense’…