IDN - Decolonizing Education
". . . education can be liberating, or it can domesticate or maintain domination. It can sustain colonization in neo-colonial ways or it can decolonize."
- Marie Battiste, in Decolonizing Education, p. 175.
The ILO were gifted to the College community by Negahneewin Council, with the intention that all students develop an understanding of Indigenous knowledge that promotes community prosperity, social justice and relationships of reconciliation. As outlined in the Negahneewin Council 10 Year Vision (PDF file), the full implementation of seven ILO within every program at the College also affords students the opportunity to embrace their role as global citizens who demonstrate respect for a diversity of perspectives.
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Indigenous pedagogy does not need to mean a complete overhaul of your classroom or the college, in general. There are small changes that you can make that will help both your Indigenous students and other students with different learning styles as well.
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Will we be able to move on after we have had to live through and do horrible things? What happens to our humanity?
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This Google Drive folder contains articles about Indigenous pedagogies, knowledges, and worldviews.
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What can indigenous Traditional Knowledge teach us? | The Stream
Indigenous communities have for centuries drawn on native scientific knowledge to help them understand the world around them. Known popularly as Traditional Knowledge, this observational evidence is verified by elders and passed on to successive generations, largely as an oral tradition. Traditional Knowledge encompasses practices as varied as farming, fishing and medicine.
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