Whenever I develop Units, I’m always thinking about the end goal first. What is it that I want my students to know and what should they be able to do. However, after viewing the Ways of Knowing chart in my previous post, I can see that part of the assessment is also student-focused (and I do currently include my students in their assessment) where they evaluate their own learning.
As I was researching Indigenous ways of knowing, I came across a rubric developed in SD68 along with input from FNESC and their Aboriginal Department. It speaks to beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge towards and of Aboriginal Peoples. What I love the most is how this isn’t labelled a scale but instead, a progression as one of the FPPL is that learning involves patience and time and is not about expected learning, but instead focused on experiential learning. In my district, we have a Proficiency Scale for assessment for reporting which, after reading the differences in Euro-centric views vs Indigenous in my last post I can see clearly how they do not align for Indigenous Understandings of learning.
