Started from the bottom now i'm here

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• "The ways we traditionally think about teaching
•  and learning are not the only possible ways"
•  - Kevin Kumashiro

At first,

GOVERNMENT, school divisions and Boards

A guide and framework

Subjects

Classrooms, schools, and field trips

Instruction, lessons,

Teachers

Lived, real

Curriculum is... 

Hidden

Null

Unintentional

I now know

biased

"common sense"

Kelly Dawson Salas

• "Curriculum is making thousands of
• "
• political decisions everyday"

Curriculum can be...

A war

uncomfortable

OPPRESSIVE 

anti-oppressive

exclusive

Inclusive

Disadvantage

controversial

silencing

Socially Just

Challenges

pressure

emotions

the complexities of teaching and learning

Engaging, Active and innovative

Networking

overlapping

multicultural

diverse

surprising

thought provoking

Curriculum should involve...

opportunities 

inquiry and questioning

choices

reflecting and evaluating

goals and professional development

And

• "It is important that teachers know the 
• limits of their knowledge" 
• - Kevin Kumashiro

identity through...

languages

place

space

stories

experiences

classroom community by...

involving families,

students,

communities,

relationships,

connections,

passion

Gregory Michie

• "If you ever find yourself caught in a real
• rip current, the best approach is not to try
• to swim directly against it ... swim with the 
• current when you have to, and never lose 
• sight of that spot on the shore"

influenced by...

Society

Politics

Past, present, and the future

media

pop culture

Technology

Resources

Everything we do

Rita Tenorio

• "Curriculum is everything that happens.
• It's not just books and lesson plans. 
• It's relationships, attitudes, feelings,
• interactions."