Module 2 Post 5

This resource mentions three aspects of Indigenous knowledge systems that should be incorporated into lessons. The three mindsets are being holistic, collaborative, and relational. As is mentioned about holistic mindset, it includes recognizing the learners as a member of their community, a member of the natural world, and a member of the spiritual realm. For collaborative mindset, the value of extended family, the community, and peer interactions are key. The final mindset mentioned is relational, this is finding a way to ensure students relate to what they are learning about. A way to interweave these is something such as place-based learning. Place-based learning would be holistic as members are integrated into the natural world, it is collaborative as peers will interact with each other and work to learn about the local environment, and it is relational because it is the environment the students live in. This is just a few ways that Indigenous knowledge can be used in the classroom.

https://empoweringthespirit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Weaving-Ways-Introductory-Document-10-09.pdf

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