On What Terms Can We Speak?
by Dwayne Donald
Description:
A filmed talk at University of Lethbridge in their Faculty of Education. He talks about the new inclusions of Indigenous content in Alberta curriculum . Talks about teachers with little to no preparation needing to teach Indigenous perspectives and the TRC. He also addresses the historical treatment of Indigenous peoples in education and treaties that affect Alberta and colonialism in general. He talks about his identity and responsibilities of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Speaker Biography (https://www.unlearningcolonialism.ca/):
Dr. Dwayne Donald was born and raised in Edmonton and is a descendent of amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills people), also known as the Papaschase Cree. His Blackfoot name is Aipioomahkaa (Long Distance Runner).
Dwayne is the son of Allen and Darlene, husband to Georgina, father to Kesho, and uncle to Taryn, Taylor, Kennedy, Kristofer, Sarah, Marshall, Breanne and Lauren.
Dwayne works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He is Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education with Indigenous Wisdom Traditions, and his work focuses on ways in which Indigenous wisdom traditions can expand and enhance understandings of curriculum and pedagogy.
Resource format: Video
Age recommendation: Grades 10-12, Teacher's Knowledge
Keywords: inclusion of Indigenous content, Alberta curriculum, Truth and Reconciliation, colonialism, identity, responsibilities, Indigenous Education, treaties, colonialism, Aborignal Canadian relations
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher information: University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education
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Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
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