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Module 2 – Post 1 – Understanding Storytelling

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Storytelling is a central component to Indigenous culture and the spreading of Indigenous knowledge. The methods by which storytelling can be used as a tool within the classroom is a challenge that educators have embraced. Indigenous communities have traditional used storytelling as a means of contextualizing traditional knowledge. The Aboriginal Education Research Network in Saskatchewan comissioned a facinating study in regards to the use of storytelling as an education tool and how it is used by Aboriginal communities in the transmition of knowledge and how its benefits can be realized within education as a whole. A very insightful document for those who are looking to understand the function of storytelling as a practice.

http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/storytelling

 

Research Interest: Treaty Essential Learnings SK

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This barcode allows you to follow the Office of Treaty Commissioner with your smartphone. The picture is also linked to the Office of the Treaty Commissioner website. http://www.otc.ca/

The Treaty Essential Learnings is an initiative in Saskatchewan to teach all students, K-12, about treaties 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 which cover our province. It has been in development since 2008 and teachers throughout the province now have resource kits to help teach about treaties. The resources available are well put together however it would be beneficial for teachers and students to have as many resources at their fingertips as possible. At this moment, teachers have been finding their own supplemental resources. I would like to put together a website that would gather as many online resources as possible the support the TELs as well as about First Nations culture in general. I envision it for both teachers and students with short synopsis’s of each one and/or recommendations on how to use the resource.

 

I am interested in this topic because I am a grade four teacher in Saskatchewan with little experience of First Nations culture. I have been teaching the TELs for the past few years with the resources available however I have always felt I could do a better job.