A group of educators invited by Alberta Education to help development the new social studies curriculum has 'significant concerns' with the draft that was released this week.
The Alberta government is making its third attempt at replacing the 20-year-old social studies curriculum currently being taught in elementary schools but some education experts believe it still misses the mark. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.
The open letter was released on Friday, describing the UCP government’s draft curriculum as limited and saying won’t help students development important skills like critical thinking. “We know that if it’s just about textbook work and memorizing information and information that has no relevance to the world that you live in, the issues that we’re facing, that’s not going to be interesting. And the danger of this program to me is that it’s going to kill any love of social studies for a whole generation of young people,” he said.Scott described the curriculum development process as “rushed” and “opaque.
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