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EDCI 532: Assignment #3 Blog Post #7: Shifting Perspectives by Ashley Rowley I think being able to ‘improve’ or be flexible is vital for teaching. You never know what or who will come through the classroom doors and what live(d)… Continue Reading →

The main idea I took away from this piece was the intricacies and nuances of the curriculum. The interwoven aspects of the planned and live(d) curriculum constantly change, forming parts of a whole and a whole of changing/transformative parts. Aoki… Continue Reading →

While reading Aoki’s Chapter 16, Humiliating the Cartesian Ego, the concept of “this/that and more” struck a chord with me. Much of my teaching career has been focused on integrating technology to help 21st-century learners, so I am working to… Continue Reading →

Upon reading Chapter 18, Imaginaries of “East and West”: Slippery Curricular Signifiers in Education, I gathered two ideas: the importance of bridges and the image of East and West.  Aoki brings to light the concept of bridges and how this… Continue Reading →

While reading Chapter 8 Layered Voices of Teaching: The Uncannily Correct and the Elusively True, the TIE cohort and I are asked to reconsider and expand upon the questions of ‘where am I as a person/teacher/learn and where could I… Continue Reading →

Two concepts emerged from Jennifer Thom’s paper, Understanding Curriculum Admist Doing Curriculum Research; confusion and importance of all stories.  As I become more familiar with Ted Aoki’s concept of curriculum, I initially feel a sense of foreboding confusion.  Aoki’s idea… Continue Reading →

I am just beginning to understand the life of Ted Tetsuo Aoki.  After reading “Reflections of a Japanese Canadian Teacher Experiencing Ethnicity”, I feel more connected to him as a person.  He faced numerous road blocks on his journey to… Continue Reading →

Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash After reading and exploring Ted Aoki and his experiences, my thoughts on questions posed for our “Currere” readings changed.  As a person, I think that by exploring more of the world and opening my… Continue Reading →