Module 1 Post 5
My fifth and final Module 1 post is both a reflexion and a question.
Personal Reflexion:
First, the term ‘reflexion,’ which is essentially reflection in action, not on action after the fact (Schon) Mentioned in Lewin, Piaget, Schon and Gibbs’ Cycle of Reflection, concepts differentiating reflection and reflexion are provided Reflexivity: Reflective vs Reflexive; Reflection vs Reflexion – YouTube.
This is a cyclical type of approach to learning, in line with Indigenous Education. Interestingly, it also appears on the Indigenous Principles of Learning indicating a cyclical type of approach to learning, in line with Indigenous Education. Essentially it is the idea of being to manifest new behavior in the moment of action rather than retrospectively. I feel I have been in a state of reflexion compiling these resources and understanding the opinion of Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators because I wonder: am I allowed to do this? Am I appropriating? Am I a wannabe? There seems to be a mixed consensus on how much that I, as a WEIRD WASP settler-scholar-educator, am able to know and use. As a personal anecdote, I was admonished by a group of colleagues when suggesting using an Indigenous cultural practice in an EDIDA presentation for another course. I was embarrassed and confused. Since I wish to continue to respect hermetic learning systems and ways of knowing, and since I hope to focus on this topic for my final project, I am asking for feedback on this issue.
Question:
How can a Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic White Anglo Saxon Protestant (well, Muslim married to Palestinian, but that is another story, another post…) settler-scholar-educator respectfully integrate Indigenous ways of knowing into ESL Tertiary curriculum for international students newly arrived in Canada?