Rethinking Social Studies Education

This blog is dedicated to thoughtfully, yet playfully reimagining, rethinking, and retooling social studies education in aid of addressing the democratic deficit in education, and supporting full critical democratic particpation globally.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

The Problem with Stories

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I hope everyone gets a chance to watch this, it is an essential companion for navigating our emotions and reality. http://www.youtube.com/wa...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Review of Broom's article "Curriculum in the Age of Globalization"

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            I chose to review Catherine Broom’s article called, “Curriculum in the Age of Globalization”, published in the “Canada’s Nat...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Eleven Oily Questions: A Great Critical Thinking Exercise

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http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1128116--eleven-oily-questions-for-every-mp In this opinion piece from the Toronto...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Curriculum in the age of globalization

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Reviewed by: Kirk MacRae, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada In her article, Bloom (2010) argues that the current ...
Monday, February 20, 2012

More food for thought re: Canada and the EU

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadas-oil-sands-not-so-dirty-after-all/article2343985...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation

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Reviewed by Jill Reimer University of Victoria Wilson et al.’s article Retooling the Social Studies Classroom for the Current Generation f...

A Review: Two Terms You Can (and Should) Use in the Classroom: Cultural Homogenization and Eurocentrism

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This article focuses on media literacy and globalization, with the implication that these factors result in cultural homogenization and Euro...
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