This course provides a background into the history and theory of Indigenous Education. It will commence with a discussion of Indigenous identities and approaches to education from the pre-contact era into the present, as well as Western approaches to education through the lens of Critical Race Theory. The course will then move to Indigenous educational theory, including such topics as Indigenous concepts of the person and the learner; teaching as ceremony; Indigenous differentiated instruction; holistic learning; global Indigenous identities; language and education; and education for decolonization.
This course provides a background into the history and theory of Indigenous Education. It will commence with a discussion of Indigenous identities and approaches to education from the pre-contact era into the present, as well as Western approaches to education through the lens of Critical Race Theory. The course will then move to Indigenous educational theory, including such topics as Indigenous concepts of the person and the learner; teaching as ceremony; Indigenous differentiated instruction; holistic learning; global Indigenous identities; language and education; and education for decolonization.
