Today, I am thinking about the word “inspirited” helps me think differently, after reading the text, “Spinning Inspirited Images in the Midst of Planned and Live(d) Curricula” written by Ted Aoki. I am reminded of an intricate spider’s web, fastened between this and that. I included in this post a photo of a spider’s web […]
Read more "An Inspirited Web"Today I read the chapter “Layered voices in teaching: The uncannily correct and the elusively true” from Curriculum in a New Key – The Collected Works of Ted T. Aoki, while listening to the splashing of my garden pond. I planned to sit outside on this beautiful summer morning to ground myself in a thoughtful […]
Read more "Connection to Heart"Today, I read “Understanding Curriculum Amidst Doing Curriculum Research” by my professor at UVIC, Dr. Jennifer Thom. In class, we were thinking about where we are as a person, learner, and/or teacher, and where we could be. We started thinking about key experiences in our lives that shaped who we are and about what ideas […]
Read more "Invisible Connections?"After reading Chapter 20, “Reflections of a Japanese Canadian Teacher Experiencing Ethnicity” from Curriculum in a New Key, I was reminded of my family history as a settler in Canada. I related to the idea of viewing my life not in a “monovision” (Pinar & Irwin, 347) and not even in a double vision as […]
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