Calls to Indigenize the curriculum have been occurring and, indeed, increasing across Canadian universities since the release in 2015 of the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC, 2015). The present article documents the emergence at two universities of a support program for Indigenous curriculum, in the form of digital…

This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to examine works on curriculum leadership, as indexed in the Web of Science database. Utilizing VOSviewer software for the analysis, the study encompasses 124 articles/chapters accessible in this database. The findings indicate a predominant publication of curriculum leadership studies in journals…

This article describes the Student Teaching Fellowship Program (STFP), offered by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, as an opportunity for graduate students (and postdoctoral researchers) to gain meaningful training in teaching as they undertake undergraduate curriculum development and pedagogical research. Under the…

Debate exists about the role and value of teaching spelling in the middle years of schooling. The increasing use of assistive technology in schools, has prompted questions about the time devoted to teaching spelling. Yet spelling and writing continue to be the means through which students are assessed as they move through school. In their study of…

This work explores the use of learning theories in curriculum development and gathers evidence for what good practice in this area looks like. By exploring the academic literature in this area, the authors hope to find information that curriculum documents do not provide. The following research questions were proposed: (1) Is there evidence of…

In this article, we draw on various critical perspectives to theorize neoliberal choice and examine how it has been deployed to market new educational reforms in Ontario. We begin by offering a contemporary framing of neoliberalism that looks at its core elements as well as its chameleon-like tendencies to draw on neoconservative elements as…

Purpose: Despite a growing awareness of the gap between professional expectations and competence, there has been no comprehensive appraisal of sustainable food systems (SFS) education within dietetics and nutrition programs to date. Dietitians and nutritionists play important roles in promoting sustainability yet many perceive themselves to be…

In Canada, known in Anishinaabe as Turtle Island, diversity and inclusion initiatives in higher education increasingly recognize power relations surrounding disability/access as a core component of diversity agendas and the policies and pedagogies that seek to enact them. Drawing on a 240-participant "Relaxed Performance" (RP) research…

Health education (HE) curricula across Canada are developed by individual provinces/territories, enabling curriculum documents to be responsive to regional needs. However, this autonomy prevents Canadian teachers (and students) from having access to a consistent collection of curriculum competencies/outcomes. Without national HE curriculum…

This mixed methods study explores the work and perspectives of curriculum developers, a subset of educational developers who support the development, revision, and/or renewal of academic degree programs and similar sequences, beyond an individual course. Thirty-five developers in the United States and Canada completed a survey addressing…

In the face of the global climate crisis, school curricula are key guiding documents for teachers and students engaging in climate-related learning activities. In this case study, I share my experiences with conducting a framing analysis of Alberta, Canada's recently revised kindergarten to grade six (K-6) climate change curricula. As a province…

The current structure of formal education makes it difficult for teachers and students to hold meaningful conversations to support high-school youth's meaning-making of critical social-justice issues. This paper presents data on three high-school youth's knowledge and experiences with social justice issues during the pandemic. Specifically, the…

In recent years there has been a movement towards offering interdisciplinary curricula within higher education. While there are numerous benefits associated with interdisciplinary learning, the disciplinarily focused structure and culture of higher education can constrain interdisciplinary activities, and the challenges associated with developing…

This historical inquiry analyzes the appeal of Harold Rugg's social reconstructionist social studies for Alberta educators in the 1930s. It demonstrates why and how this small, rural province adapted Rugg's curriculum, a program and resources he developed to guide American students' understanding of what he called "the American problem."…

The act of making provides students with an opportunity to create and design by using materials and technologies. Scholars who examine learning through making maintain that maker approaches to solving problems, creating designs, and thinking about real-world ideas promote the development of abstract thinking skills, such as modeling, and…