Maren Aukerman, PhDDr. Aukerman, a University of Calgary Werklund Research Professor, studies reading comprehension and classroom talk fostering deep thinking. Previously at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, she received the Harris and Feitelson Research Awards from the International Literacy Association. werklund.ucalgary.ca/educ_info/profiles/1-7986866%20
Decoding Dyslexia Alberta encourages local decision makers to elect to pilot the ELA
curriculum.
Reading Specialists Respond to the 2021 Draft Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum.
Dr Robin Bright states that Albertans can and must build a strong ELA curriculum for our students and for the future. She offers some observations about how to do this for teachers, parents, and most importantly, students.
Professor Margaret Mackey is an academic who researches young people and their literacies – print, media, and digital. She expresses concern at the major omissions of topics crucial to the well-being of young people and to their development as citizens in a multimodal world.
Professor Jennifer Branch-Mueller discusses the importance of research and inquiry in curriculum.
Professor Maren Aukerman, a researcher who specializes in literacy, looks at larger-level gaps and problems with the proposed curriculum.
Drs. Barbara Brown & Michele Jacobsen explore five key areas of concern related to digital literacies in the draft K-6 curriculum.