Contemporary Indigenous identities & 21st Century skills
Website: First I must say that I was very impressed with the Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic website.What a wealth of information in one place!
- I especially liked the oral tradition / Listening to Our Past / (http://ankn.uaf.edu/NPE/oral.html ).
- It fascinates me to hear the language and see it written. The messages are very well thought through and as profound as they are simple.
Article: From what I have learned in this course and in the article .Education Indigenous to Place: Western Science Meets Native Reality, in order to accommodate indigenous students, educational pathways must be designed holistically and knowledge must be contextualized.
- Another sine qua non for indigenous learners is the use of authentic activities epitomized by the guidance of elders through artistic creations; story-telling; songs; anecdotes; vision quest; etc.
- As shown in the Alaska Native knowledge network, the appreciation of indigenous languages within formal educational settings are various ways of promoting and protecting their distinctive identities.
- Encouraging a form of literacy interlacing education with relationship, reciprocity and responsibility challenges the Eurocentric models of schooling. “From observing nature, Native people learned that the earth and the universe are built upon the premise of cooperation and interdependence” (Kawagley & Barnhardt, p. 9).
How do you react to this statement?
Aboriginals’ collective and situated (culturally, ecologically, historically) pedagogical approaches are well suited to deliver 21st century skills, such as interconnectedness and relevance, and positions indigenous learners & educational designers as leaders in the implementation of educational innovation.
References:
Education Kawagley, A. Oscar and Barnhardt, Ray, .Education Indigenous to Place: Western Science Meets Native Reality.”
Website: Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic