Course work:
In my past two years at the University of Victoria, I have had quite a diverse course load. In my first year, I took two Canadian Studies, Sciences, Maths and English courses. My education-specific courses only starting in my second year that covered subject areas in the BC curriculum. The first chance I got to take electives, I chose to take EPHE – 142, personal health, wellness and potential, and EPHE155 – introduction to nutrition: concepts and controversies. I choose these courses because I am very interested in learning more about my body and I saw firsthand that the health aspect of physical health education (PHE) is often overlooked by teachers.
EPHE Gymnastics Lesson Plan:
I choose this lesson plan because I really enjoyed teaching it. This lesson was taught over zoom and showed that I was able to adapt and still make the best out of an unideal situation. This lesson is fun: it incorpertaes all three principles of fun
- Participants are being active most of
the time
- Students are able to be successful MOST of
the time
- Students are playing most of the time
Drama Lesson Plan:
One of my favourite lesson plans that I have made is Shin-Chi’s Canoe: a story drama. The drama story gives a wonderful introduction to indigenous culture and helps students to develop the idea of what a residential school was like for indigenous children. This Story Drama gives great ideas to plan and help kids’ exercise their understanding of indigenous culture and why family identity is so important. It is also a great introduction for students, as to the importance of why we have an orange shirt day. I believe that just tokenly adding one of the first people’s principles of learning to a lesson plan doesn’t cut it.
LGBTQ+ Crisis in Canada essay:
In English 135 in my first year, I wrote a research paper titled:
The Canadain ticking time bomb: A research paper on the stigma that surrounds Transgender Youth in Canadain schools. I was extremely proud of this essay, it was the first time I had ever gotten an A on an English assignment. The essay highlighted the everyday struggle of not feeling safe at school that transgendered youth across Canada face. I decided to look into what the Canadian education system was doing to address the stigma driving transphobia. I found that the Canadian education system has semi-successfully responded to the stigma that surrounds transgender youth in Canada through implementing policies, training teachers to teach with an inclusive curriculum and supported students starting clubs and taking initiatives; however, the prejudiced view on transgender youth in Canadian schools is still an issue. Researching and writing this article really opened my eyes to the staggering facts about transgender students across Canada. This is one of the reasons that I hold inclusivity to such a high standard.