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Many of you have seen already, but I got my hands on some of the proposals the UCP government& #39;s hand-picked curriculum advisers have made for changes to elementary social studies and fine arts curriculum. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/education-experts-slam-leaked-alberta-curriculum-proposals-1.5766570">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana... #ableg #abed
I asked my Radio-Canada colleagues to help me out with how the proposals address Francophone perspectives. Here& #39;s @FrancoisJolyRC piece on that: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1742665/nouveau-programme-scolaire-francophones-autochtones-alberta">https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/... #ableg #abed
These are long and complex documents, difficult to encapsulate in a news story, so I& #39;m going to screen grab a few interesting bits, and would encourage you to look at the docs yourselves to get the full effect (links are embedded in the web story). #abed #ableg
Each document contains a preamble, written in the first person. The education minister& #39;s office would not confirm whose advice it is. They say the social studies docs contain recommendations from adviser Chris Champion and others. Here is an interesting snippet: #ableg #abed
The authors would like Grade 2s to know the architecture style of Parliament, but not necessarily fully understand what it& #39;s for. #ableg #abed
Here& #39;s what they say about conceptual understandings of land in Grade 1 geography. The crossed out material is from the 2018 curriculum drafts. They say it sounds like "mysticism." #ableg #abed
They would also like Grade 1 students to close their eyes and be able to recognize these sounds: #ableg #abed
The advisers& #39; proposal to remove equity and fairness because it is politically partisan and charged #ableg #abed
