In recent decades, educators have been seeking ways to improve
outcomes for Indigenous students. Yet most Indigenous education at the
K-12 level still takes place within a theoretical framework based in
Eurocentric thought. In Teaching Each Other, Linda Goulet and Keith
Goulet provide an alternative framework for teachers working with
Indigenous students – one that moves beyond acknowledging Indigenous
culture to one that actually strengthens Indigenous identity. Drawing
on Nehinuw (Cree) concepts such as kiskinaumatowin, or “teaching
each other,” Goulet and Goulet provide a new approach to teaching
Indigenous students. Just as beaders learn how to improve their own
designs and techniques from watching others beaders work,
kiskinaumatowin, when applied in the classroom, transforms the
normally hierarchical teacher-student relationship by making students
and teachers equitable partners in education. Enriched with the
success stories of educators who use Nehinuw concepts in Saskatchewan,
Canada, this book demonstrates how this framework works in practice.
The result is an alternative teaching model that can be used by
teachers anywhere who want to engage with students whose culture may
be different from the mainstream. In this audio-enhanced ebook version
of Teaching Each Other, readers can go beyond seeing the Cree words on
the page to hearing them being spoken by Keith Goulet, a fluent Cree
speaker, in the “N” dialect. As readers move through the book, on
the first instance of a Cree word, they can tap on the word to hear
the word, first at normal speed, and then more slowly, with full and
clear enunciation. A new glossary containing 185 Cree words and their
meanings is also included in this enhanced edition, in both text and
audio formats. These audio features enable readers not only to learn
the pronunciations for use in their classrooms and other contexts, but
also provide an introduction to, appreciation of, and respect for the
Cree language and the thinking of the Cree people that is reflected in
their language.
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Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774870627
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter