Author: Carla L. Peck

I am Professor of Social Studies Education in the Faculty of Education and Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, Classics & Religion at the University of Alberta. In addition, I am currently the Director of Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future, a national SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant focused on K-12 history education (www.thinking-historically.ca). My research focuses on teachers’ and students’ understandings of democratic concepts, teachers’ and students’ historical understandings, and I am particularly interested in the relationship between students’ ethnic identities and their understandings of history.
Analysis, Commentary

A Bold Return to the 19th Century

Carla L. Peck

As a former social studies educator and curriculum specialist with more than 40 years experience as a classroom teacher in Alberta and an Education Faculty member at the University of Alberta, it is clear to me that the current draft version of the social studies curriculum is a retrograde document that is wholly inappropriate in its structure, content and objectives.

Analysis, Commentary

Analysis of the Draft Alberta K-6 Social Studies Curriculum (Part 1)

Carla L. Peck

When much of the world is moving toward concept- and competency-based curricula, Alberta is retreating to a curriculum that is about accumulating bits and pieces of information, not deep understanding. In this post, I offer some high-level observations along with a heavily marked up copy of the K-2 portion of the curriculum.