UCP Curriculum Update 2021 – “What about ‘discovery math’?”
Deirdre Bailey, MEd explains the push for “back-to-basics” math in the classroom.
Deirdre Bailey, MEd explains the push for “back-to-basics” math in the classroom.
Dr. Cory Wright-Maley has created a set of videos breaking down topics like what actually is curriculum, the apprenticeship of observation, and the curious case of knowledge vs. skills.
The Black Gold School Division provides a summary and brief overview of the Review Teams findings and includes examples from each of the Draft Curriculum of some of the strengths and challenges that were identified.
The Alberta Music Advocacy Alliance expresses concern regarding the recently released Kindergarten-Grade 6 music curriculum. They request that a comprehensive and transparent curriculum development process that involves Alberta’s music teachers and curriculum experts must be undertaken.music teachers and curriculum experts must be undertaken.
The Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 Chiefs expresses concern about the draft K-6 Education Curriculum expected to be tabled by Provincial Education Minister Adriana LaGrange.
The ACFA, the FCSFA, the FPFA and the SHFA raise concerns about Francophone perspectives in the general curriculum and the curriculum for Francophone schools.
The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is calling on the Government of Alberta to redraft its proposed K-6 curriculum, citing monumental concerns about the Euro-American colonial undertones.
Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew raises concerns about the Draft Physical Education and Wellness Kindergarten to Grade 6 Curriculum.
Image source: UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
Reading Specialists Respond to the 2021 Draft Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum.
Dr. Richelle Marynowski examines the mathematical inaccuracies and oddities in the draft curriculum that contradict current theories in mathematics teaching and learning.