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My Interpretations of Mainstream Curriculum Conceptions   To help organize my thoughts I decided to break down each of the curriculum approaches discussed in this week’s readings and share my perspective on their usage. I found Al Mousa’s tables to be a helpful visual in organizing my thoughts.   Technology: Sowell highlights that the technology focused   curriculum aims to make learning “systematic and efficient” (48) as students work their way through sequenced tasks of increasing complexity while receiving “immediate feedback” (49) on their progress. Al Mousa adds that the focus of this theory is on “the process and with how rather than the what of education.” (23)   McNeil explains that this curriculum aims to “maximize student achievement by specifying clear objectives” (26-27) and teaching to the test.   I can see that the levelled approach of this curriculum style would motivate some students to continue working hard to move onto the next level. This re...

About Me Video: About Me Script:  Hi there!  My name is Shanelle and I teach in Coquitlam, BC. I've been teaching for 4 years and this is my fourth course of the PME program. I have experience teaching in various roles from K-8 and am currently teaching ELL and Music this year at two elementary schools. I am passionate about outdoor ed, SEL, and creating inclusive classrooms. I've bounced around a lot in positions, as well as schools, while building my seniority and have needed to quickly familiarize myself with curricular goals that pertain to specific grades and subjects. My ideal position is an intermediate classroom teacher, though I am grateful that I've had so much variety in my teaching career already. I find that I tend to incorporate instruction and assessment strategies that work in a variety of contexts so I can adjust my instruction to match the grade or subject area that I am teaching. In terms of planning, I aim to organize units or curricular goals at the sta...