Standard: Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning
Theme: Designing for the Individual
Growth Phase: Leading
Growth Indicator: Students exhibit personal, social and cultural confidence, and participate as active citizens through experiences in the LLC.
The Toronto District School Board provides a library guide on the district virtual library with extensive curated resources to support the “Civics and Citizenship” curriculum for secondary students.
Toronto District School Board. (2023). Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10: Civic Engagement, Service and Action. Retrieved from https://tdsb-on-ca.libguides.com/c.php?g=727190&p=5241655
This education research paper from York University, ON, is an “analysis of representation in children’s picture books with a social justice lens”. It explores the categories of race, gender and religion which can be seen as social difference markers. The researcher critically analyzes 10-15 picture books in each category through content analysis and a critical checklist made through a social justice lens. The goal of the research is to ascertain the messages within the books to see how these social difference markers are represented. In an elementary classroom, picture books are a form of socialization and method of transmitting societal norms and values. The research analyzes and disrupts the idea of teaching as a neutral profession by demonstrating that teaching is political. It also provides insight into how social justice minded teachers can disrupt the managed curriculum when they critically think about the picture books they are sharing with their students”.
Khokhar, R. (2019, August 30). Analysis of Representation in Children’s Picture Books. York Space, 1-57. Retrieved from https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/40939