category EDCI 532

In the final task presented to the TIE cohort, we were to reflect on our journey and understanding of Ted Aoki through a narrated visual. This was my submission…

Unsplash+ In collaboration with Getty Images In Ted Aoki’s Chapter 24 Taiko Drums and Sushi, Perogies and Sauerkraut: Mirroring a Half-Life in Multicultural Curriculum, the most prominent and thought-provoking concept I took from this was the danger of multiculturalism as a… Continue Reading →

During my reading of Ted Aoki’s Chapter 19 Language, Culture, and Curriculum, I began to understand the complex relationships between educational practices and the connected nature of language and culture. My professional experiences have shown me that culture and language… Continue Reading →

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 →