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Issues on Feminism in Canada Presentation
A couple months ago, on a sunny Thursday afternoon, Chelsea Forster, Kaj Morawski, and I brought together and shared ideas in our presentation on a delicate, yet difficult subject matter. Our group talked about issues surrounding the article, “A Nice Little Wife to Make Things Pleasant:” Portrayals of women in social studies textbooks from the McGill Journal of Education (published in 2005) by Dr. Penney Clark, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and director of The History Education Network/Histoire et education en reseau (THEN/HiER) here at the University of British Columbia. As we handed the class a short quiz with ten questions asking the students to connect famous women in Canadian history to their “claim to fame” or success(es) to see if they were recognizable or not, the quizzes came back with disappointing results revealing we currently do not have this knowledge. This activity segued into a viewing of three videos on the interactive whiteboard highlighted numerous viewpoints of feminism in Canada (and the United States of America) and its history in general. The presentation was capped off by having our fellow teaching candidates form small and large groups where there were plenty of interesting and engaging discussions which brought about lots of inquiry-based questions; very delightful yet, challenging. For my first presentation in this inquiry seminar class, I felt the experience to be quite beneficial as we were able to hear everyone’s analyses from many sides of the issues discussed at hand.
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, feminism, Forster, Morawski, Penney Clark, social studies, wife, women
Short Practicum (Nov. 14-24, 2017) & Artifact
First and foremost, let me just say how lucky I am to have been placed at/selected by Lord Byng Secondary School, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to work alongside and learn from my school advisor, Ms. Odette Kurth, with her multi-award-winning string ensembles and symphony orchestras. I recall a brief time back in grade 11, late in the year when I decided to make a push to transfer over to their highly-renowned Byng Arts mini school program and to join the ranks of the best of the best of bright, young minds in the arts. Unfortunately, I decided it was best for me to stay at my high school to finish off my time their for we were very well-known for our fine arts program in the Metro Vancouver area as well. I had the pleasure those couple of weeks to make my way around the school and observe not only Ms. Kurth, the strings teacher, but also Mr. Scott MacLennan and Ms. Lisa Lan-Ledingham, the band and choir teachers, respectively, all who exemplify very well what Byng Arts is all about – simply fine music-making as one large, happy family, and this is where I will be completing my extended practicum. I’ve already had a taste of what it’s like to work with such young, talented musicians of the string orchestras, and I can’t wait for the new year to come!
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What It’s Like to be an Elementary Music Student
Earlier this fall, the music cohort had the wonderful opportunity to spend an afternoon in Mrs. Haylett’s elementary music classroom when she paid a visit to the university. It sure was quite the change of atmosphere! Please follow the links to the videos of her class in session.
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Roller Coaster Ridin’
As music teachers, truly, the world is a stage, and much is Scarfe Room 1317.
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