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Weaving Ways – M3 P5

I found the Weaving Ways resource online while researching for ways in which teachers can implement Indigenous knowledge into their classrooms. It was created by the Alberta Professional Development Consortium alongside the Calgary Board of Education and Elder Bruce Starlight of the Tsuut’ina Nation here in Alberta. Though I was aware of the importance of the circle in Indigenous cultures, the symbolism came up again through this resource. It made me reflect on how often I allow my students to be in a circle formation in my own classroom as one of the guiding questions in this resource is, “How can I draw from the ways Indigenous peoples foster cultures of belonging to compliment the ways I create belonging in my classroom?” This resource focuses on 4 main “quadrants” that are all meant to be inter-connected:

  1. Cultures of Belonging
  2. Instructional Design
  3. Pedagogy
  4. Sharing Through Story

They are presented in a circle formation to enforce this idea of inter-connectedness.

 

Module 3: Post 1 – Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

This is a part of an extensive asynchronous course that called Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth. This course covered topics of race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.  The course provides an interesting layout as it is laid out into three sections, section one covers foundations of the topics such as colonialism, privilege, racism, identity, and whiteness. Section two looks at transforming practices such as culturally sustaining pedagogy, the importance of relationships and community, and student voice & agency. Section 3 is about continuing the journey which includes leveraging digital learning environments.

Culturally sustaining pedagogy focuses on the importance that students keep their own culture and community practices, while still having access to the practices of western culture. “Culturally relevant pedagogy sees BIPOC students’ heritage and community cultural practices as resources to honour and explore; culturally sustaining pedagogy sees them as resources to honour, explore, and extend.”

This course ties into my research as it covers key ideas of culturally responsive pedagogy, asset-based learning, and relationship building. All important aspects of my research project are to Identify how technology can be used to preserve local knowledge.

Based on Paris, D. (2012). Culturally sustaining pedagogy: A needed change in stance, terminology, and practice. Educational Researcher, 41(3), 93–97.

Access to this course can be found here: https://ready.web.unc.edu/section-2-transforming-practice/module-17/

Here is another link that I found interesting and connected to the post: Gloria Ladson Billings – Successful Teachers of African American Children: Not directly connected to Indigenous Education, but the practices utilized are transferable.

Module 1 Blog Post 3 (Sam Charles)

Research Blog of Websites Assignment by Sam Charles

A resource page entitled First Nations Pedagogy Online provides links to helpful multimedia sites.

I found a great article by some researchers in Australia related to the use of video when documenting Indigenous stories and cultural practices. The article includes a discussion of consent, ethics, and ethnography.

  • Haines, J., Du, J. T., & Trevorrow, E. (2018). Video ethnographic documentation of stories and cultural practices with indigenous elders. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 821-824. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501132.

The above article references a few other articles that could be helpful:

  • Archibald, J. (2008). Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit. Vancouver: UBC Press.
  • Castleden, H., Daley, K., Sloan Morgan, V., & Sylvestre, P. (2013). Settlers unsettled: Using field schools and digital stories to transform geographies of ignorance about Indigenouspeoples in Canada. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 37(4), 487-499.
  • Haines, J., Du, J. T. & Trevorrow E. (2018). In search of Indigenous wisdom and interdisciplinary ways of learning together. Journal of the Australian  Library  and  Information  Association (JALIA),  67(3).  Retrieved  from https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2018.1488358 Haines, J., Du, J. T., Geursen, G., Gao, J., & Trevorrow, E. (2017). Understanding Elders’ knowledge creation to strengthen Indigenous