Would this new curriculum eliminate the commemoration of Orange Shirt Day for Alberta students under Grade 5. That would be viewed as a terrible slight to Indigenous people in Alberta and a disservice to all students. And it would make no sense to wear Orange Shirts without a lesson about wha...
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A parent believed the teacher was espousing anti-oil and gas values to a Grade 4 social studies class, Lovell said in an interview with Black Press Media, and only presented one side of the story. The posts began with comments on both sides of the issues, he said, then escalated...
Many social studies teachers have argued that the mandate to distinctively value Francophone and Indigenous perspectives is unjust without similarly valuing other perspectives within Alberta's K-12 social studies curriculum (Gani, 2022a; Gani & Scott, 2017; Scott & Gan...
Lower social functioning can contribute to school impairment, and therefore having children socially connected to their peers can limit the detrimental effects on school functioning [12]. As mentioned, evidence demonstrates that children and adolescents with chronic pain often struggle to attend school ...