Section2. Exploring Indigenous Worldviews and Pedagogies
Read Section 2: Include – Exploring Indigenous Worldviews and Pedagogies in “Pulling Together: A Guide for Teachers and Instructors” by Bruce Allan, Amy Perreault, John Chenoweth, Dianne Biin, Sharon Hobenshield, Todd Ormiston, Shirley Anne Hardman, Louise Lacerte, Lucas Wright, and Justin Wilson.
Activity 1: Incorporating Indigenous worldviews
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Time: Ongoing
Type: Group
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Form a small peer group of instructors and discuss ways in which you could incorporate Indigenous worldviews in your teaching practice. How are you using relational, experiential, student-centered, narrative, intergenerational, land-based, or other pedagogical constructs from Indigenous worldviews in your classrooms?
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Activity 2: Creating space for Indigenous knowledge from Elders and other knowledge keepers/authorities
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Time: 20 minutes
Type: Individual
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Watch this 5 minutes video https://edpuzzle.com/media/606bd608d7b5b2427909b3e8 and consider:
Are there processes and protocols in your institution for hiring Indigenous Elders and knowledge keepers to deliver content? Discuss processes and protocols used in your institution to support the inclusion of Elders and knowledge keepers to share perspectives. Take this one step further and determine ways in which
Activity 3: Listening and hearing
Time: 15 minutes
Type: Individual
Watch Susan Dion’s video, The Listening Stone.1 Consider the concept of actually listening and hearing. Reflect on a moment in your teaching when you haven’t actually listened and what the impact of this was. Think of an activity or strategy in the classroom that will facilitate not only listening but hearing in both you and your students. Demonstrate using an interactive whiteboard.