Poll of the Day > Alberta Education Minister proves she doesn't understand the Social curriculum

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faramir77 11/30/19 1:37:59 PM #1:	Conservative Alberta Education Minister Adraina Lagrange made this post on Facebook on Thursday, November 28th. She is using a 10th grade Social Studies question out of context to push a narrative that teachers are promoting anti-oil industry propaganda in their classrooms. In reality, anyone with even the most basic level of reading comprehension can determine, even without context, that these questions are testing the ability of students to gather meaning from a provided perspective. They are not promoting an anti-oil industry perspective, but rather having students think critically about how someone with that perspective would justify their position. The current Alberta Social Studies curriculum was created by a previous Conservative government, and mandates that students "explore multiple perspectives regarding the relationship among people, the land and globalization" as well as "analyze multiple perspectives on sustainability and prosperity in a globalizing world". It is literally required by law that teachers ensure students engage in multiple points of view on various issues, with oil development being one of them. Furthermore, the irony in this post comes from demanding that teachers "keep politics out of our classroom". Firstly, it is meaningless to study Social Studies without discussing politics, as Social Studies in inherently political. Students should develop critical thinking to create their own opinions and perspectives on issues, something that this education minister clearly lacks. Secondly, demanding that anti-oil industry perspectives be removed from Social Studies classrooms implies that only pro-oil industry perspectives are to be shown, which is in itself pushing politics in the classroom. https://i.imgur.com/Lcr62dL.png --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:930912550] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Conservative Alberta Education Minister Adraina Lagrange made this post on Facebook on Thursday, November 28th. She is using a 10th grade Social Studies question out of context to push a narrative that teachers are promoting anti-oil industry propaganda in their classrooms. In reality, anyone with even the most basic level of reading comprehension can determine, even without context, that these questions are testing the ability of students to gather meaning from a provided perspective. They are not promoting an anti-oil industry perspective, but rather having students think critically about how someone with that perspective would justify their position. The current Alberta Social Studies curriculum was created by a previous Conservative government, and mandates that students "explore multiple perspectives regarding the relationship among people, the land and globalization" as well as "analyze multiple perspectives on sustainability and prosperity in a globalizing world". It is literally required by law that teachers ensure students engage in multiple points of view on various issues, with oil development being one of them. Furthermore, the irony in this post comes from demanding that teachers "keep politics out of our classroom". Firstly, it is meaningless to study Social Studies without discussing politics, as Social Studies in inherently political. Students should develop critical thinking to create their own opinions and perspectives on issues, something that this education minister clearly lacks. Secondly, demanding that anti-oil industry perspectives be removed from Social Studies classrooms implies that only pro-oil industry perspectives are to be shown, which is in itself pushing politics in the classroom. https://i.imgur.com/Lcr62dL.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Judgmenl 11/30/19 1:53:50 PM #2:	Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta. --- You're a regular Jack Kerouac <cite>Judgmenl posted [p:930913101] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 11/30/19 1:59:15 PM #3:	I went on her Facebook and Ok boomer'd --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:930913292] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>I went on her Facebook and Ok boomer'd</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
faramir77 11/30/19 2:00:13 PM #4:	Judgmenl posted... Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta. Cool bro, you can have a toy from the treasure chest for sharing your constructive opinion! Good job! https://i.imgur.com/FambK8i.jpg --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:930913329] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta.</quote> Cool bro, you can have a toy from the treasure chest for sharing your constructive opinion! Good job! https://i.imgur.com/FambK8i.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 11/30/19 2:32:29 PM #5:	Oh, Alberta. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:930914468] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Oh, Alberta.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_tall_midget 11/30/19 4:11:54 PM #6:	Alberta... Or the province full of people who constantly shits on everyone for everything, and then cries when people don't give a shit about them. --- 30-year-old man : I want to be single. The left : LOSER! INCEL! MAN UP! Emma Watson : I want to be single. The left : SO STRONG! <cite>The_tall_midget posted [p:930918347] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Alberta... Or the province full of people who constantly shits on everyone for everything, and then cries when people don't give a shit about them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Judgmenl 11/30/19 4:20:08 PM #7:	faramir77 posted... Judgmenl posted... Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta. Cool bro, you can have a toy from the treasure chest for sharing your constructive opinion! Good job! https://i.imgur.com/FambK8i.jpg Nice I pick one of those spiky balls. I love them. --- You're a regular Jack Kerouac <cite>Judgmenl posted [p:930918667] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>faramir77 posted...</cite> <quote>Judgmenl posted...</cite> <quote>Couldn't give a single fuck about what happens in Alberta.</quote> Cool bro, you can have a toy from the treasure chest for sharing your constructive opinion! Good job! https://i.imgur.com/FambK8i.jpg</quote> Nice I pick one of those spiky balls. I love them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 11/30/19 4:36:59 PM #8:	Based solely on the context you yourself provided, I'd say she's not actually wrong and that it does appear an agenda is being pushed. The first question is pretty clearly establishing a political point-of-view. The second question is arguably asking the reader to parse out someone else's political view and analyze it for meaning without specifically attributing value to the statement, but considering it's on a Social Studies test and not an English one (which is where reading comprehension-style questions more appropriately belong), it still kind of has connotations of trying to push an agenda. It's entirely possible that with more context that might not be the case, but just from that picture, she's not really wrong to feel the way she feels. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:930919279] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Based solely on the context you yourself provided, I'd say she's not actually wrong and that it does appear an agenda is being pushed. The first question is pretty clearly establishing a political point-of-view. The second question is arguably asking the reader to parse out someone else's political view and analyze it for meaning without specifically attributing value to the statement, but considering it's on a Social Studies test and not an English one (which is where reading comprehension-style questions more appropriately belong), it still kind of has connotations of trying to push an agenda. It's entirely possible that with more context that might not be the case, but just from that picture, she's not really wrong to feel the way she feels.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dedbus 11/30/19 6:34:17 PM #9:	Who really actually their jobs? <cite>dedbus posted [p:930924040] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>Who really actually their jobs?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phantom_Nook 11/30/19 6:39:52 PM #10:	faramir77 posted... anti-oil industry propaganda lol --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Phantom_Nook posted [p:930924280] in Alberta Ed... [t:78213807]...</cite> <quote>faramir77 posted...</cite> <quote> anti-oil industry propaganda </quote> lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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