Alberta K-6 students to learn about financial literacy, sexual consent under draft curriculum
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Reading Specialists Respond to the 2021 Draft Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum.
Dougal MacDonald looks at scientific literacy in the context of the proposed 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.
Dr. Carla Peck offers some high-level observations along with a heavily marked up copy of the K-2 portion of the curriculum.
Drs. Barbara Brown & Michele Jacobsen explore five key areas of concern related to digital literacies in the draft K-6 curriculum.