Author Archives: shayne1818

My upbringing and schooling both affected me and how I read the world greatly. My upbringing however, was quite a bit different then my schooling. My schooling consisted of going to catholic school from grades 4 until 12 and I was mainly surrounded by other white people. My schooling was very European dominant. When IContinue reading “Blog #9 – Biases and Single Stories”

In my k-12 schooling experience I don’t think I had much education when it comes to citizenship, but there are a couple of lessons I remember. I don’t remember to many direct lessons about citizenship, but I do remember one lesson that stuck with me. In my grade 7 year we did a mock election.Continue reading “Citizenship and Schooling”

1.    This is a topic I am particularly invested in. As a social studies major who has a passion for subjects like sociology and having a background in social work I feel I have a decent understanding as to why this subject is so important. To me this topic is important for everyone, not justContinue reading “Blog #7 – Treaty Education”

Part 1 – According to the Levine article school curricula is developed and implemented by government officials, experts in the area or areas of the curriculum, teachers, parents, and companies like textbook companies. This reading provides readers with information that most people would not know. This information is regarding the curriculum and how it isContinue reading “Curriculum and treaty curriculum”

You see both reinhabitation and decolonization all through out this narrative. You see reinhabitation many times in the article. It is talked about in the narrative several times when youth are speaking about what is important to them and what they had been taught. It is also present when parents and elders talk about teachingContinue reading “Week 5”

To be a ‘good’ student, according to the commonsense, is to do as you’re told, to memorise the information that is given, and to sit quietly. If a person wants to be a ‘good’ student then they have to go along with what the teacher says, or go along for the ride. You have toContinue reading “Jan 28”

I found the article, When Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination: A Critical Pedagogy Manifesto by Henry Giroux. The first big point that Giroux makes is that the current pedagogy in schools is harmful to students. He makes several different points on this matter explaining the different ways that it negatively affects youth whoContinue reading “Jan 21”

In my own schooling experience I definitely experienced the Tyler rationale. I experienced this mostly only in classes like math or science where we did not focus on education about social values, norms or any type of behaviour or opinion. Some things were just all about memorization or formulas which leave little room for politicsContinue reading “Jan 13”

Kumashiro defines common sense as widely accepted ‘knowledge’ in any given society that is often harmful to young people for many reasons. It seems to me that the author almost makes a connection between common sense and stereotypes. When the author talks about common sense they are not just talking about things like, “wash yourContinue reading “Jan 6”