Module 3 – Post 3 – Transforming the Teacher

As we examine the roll of traditional knowledge, the role of the elder/teacher plays a special significance. Such an individual represents a connection not only with knowledge but with history, the land, culture, and the future. Can non-Indigenous people learn from this understanding?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMfBeotD8gc

In this TEDTalks, Chris Gamer explores the way Indigenous knowledge (Australian) can be used to redefine what we consider success in education. The educator becomes something more than only a teacher.

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