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My name is Kacie S. B.
I use they/them/theirs pronouns.

This is my last semester of my Elementary Ed.Bach.S. prior to grad. school for my El. Ed. Masters.

I am super excited to learn more about how language and culture shape classrooms and interconnect through our identities.

Adjective to describe where I am at this semester: joyous

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it's the chance to question the status quo- as educators and students and the future

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it's the chance to question the status quo- as educators and students and the future

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I assume that curriculum theory can inform classroom and departmental culture, specifically math culture.

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A tool to combine schooling and diverse culture for promoting education in society. A policy to reform entire education in global context.

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possibilities: should be dynamic and affirming and challenging and the CHANGE movement and empowering

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possibilities: should be dynamic and affirming and challenging and the CHANGE movement and empowering

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Curriculum should be designed to see how can we meet children's learning needs  and self-identity 

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Curriculum should be designed to see how can we meet children's learning needs  and self-identity 

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Curriculum is controlled  by the "elite" which translates to white rich people. (people who have never experience the need of public education).

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Curriculum is controlled  by the "elite" which translates to white rich people. (people who have never experience the need of public education).

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Mimetic forms of curriculum- specifically literature/texts as tools to uphold eurocentric values in the educational system.

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Mimetic forms of curriculum- specifically literature/texts as tools to uphold eurocentric values in the educational system.

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-Kirsten

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it is controlled by the white imaginations that have bred the oppressive systems of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. It has created the "dark other" which has then bounded BIPOC folx to a one-dimensional narrative.

Sean

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I think my assumptions stemming from the context of India and its K-12 education is similar to what Dr. Fong shared. I see the curriculum designed post colonization, as a way of ensuring homogeneity, to push the issues of caste and class under the carpet and seem normal. In college, U.S education, the curriculum and research seemed so meaningful and evolved in a way India couldn't reach, but now as I see the similarities, it is shocking. - Rukmini

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center whiteness and white supremacist agenda

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center whiteness and white supremacist agenda

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keep class and race intersectionalities

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Theory can provides the WHY of teacher's actions in the classroom from practices to lesson development.  It's the starting place from which to build effective learning environments.

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Theory can provides the WHY of teacher's actions in the classroom from practices to lesson development.  It's the starting place from which to build effective learning environments.

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I believe that curriculum and how it serves or harms learners is dependent on multiple dynamic factors--teacher, setting, time, community, place, how stakeholders frame what learning is and how learning should be assessed, and the many intersecting layers of student identity.

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Keeps the status quo. Interesting to note what children are learning dependent upon where there school is located.