Dr. Carla Peck provides an in-depth analysis of the 2024 draft K-6 Social Studies curriculum, using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives to assess the cognitive skills included in the most recent draft released by Alberta Education on March 14, 2024.
Dr. Carla Peck’s analysis of the 2024 draft K-6 Social Studies curriculum reveals critical flaws that remain from earlier attempts to update the curriculum.
In less than three months since Alberta’s draft K-6 curriculum’s release, educators across the country have released a torrent of criticism levelled at the social studies portion of the curriculum. More apparent to me however is how the curricular narratives construct not only a racialized and exclusionary Albertan “we”, but how that “we” also carries with it gendered intonations.
The Northern Alberta Reading Specialists’ Council responds to the draft K-6 English Language Arts curriculum.
Dr. Pamela Roach expresses concern about the development and content of the draft Social Studies K-6 curriculum recently released by the Alberta government.
Yvonne Poitras Pratt and Jennifer Markides suggest that the draft K-6 curriculum now being proposed to educators, students, and families across Alberta is a “white-washed” curriculum.
Dr. Carla Peck examines the history section of the draft curriculum.
Deirdre Bailey, MEd explains the push for “back-to-basics” math in the classroom.