Aboriginal Worldviews and Education

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About this course: Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education.

Created by:  University of Toronto
  • Taught by:  Jean-Paul Restoule, Associate Professor

    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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About this course: Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education.

Created by:  University of Toronto
  • Taught by:  Jean-Paul Restoule, Associate Professor

    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Welcome and Orientation to the Course
Information about the course


2 readings expand


  1. Reading: Course Information and Logistics
  2. Reading: About Us


Aboriginal Worldviews
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13 videos, 1 reading expand


  1. Video: 1.1 Welcome and course overview
  2. Video: 1.2 Medicine wheel as organizing principle (4:33)
  3. Video: 1.3 Defining worldviews and education (4:47)
  4. Video: 1.4 Canadians don't know much about Aboriginal people
  5. Video: 1.5.1 Reasons why Aboriginal worldviews matter [part 1] (10:26)
  6. Video: 1.5.2 Reasons why Aboriginal worldviews matter [part 2] (7:34)
  7. Video: 1.6 Aboriginal people are diverse but share two things (3.28)
  8. Video: 1.7 Comparing the worldviews (0:51)
  9. Video: 1.8 Barbecue Area (2:28)
  10. Video: 1.9.1 Accurate terminology [part 1] (15:41)
  11. Video: 1.9.2 Accurate terminology [part 2] (10:42)
  12. Video: 1.9.3 Accurate terminology [part 3] (4:16)
  13. Video: Week 2 Activity: Meaningful Place (2:02)
  14. Reading: Links to Further Resources

Graded: Make the Familiar Strange

WEEK 2


Aboriginal Worldviews Colliding with Newcomers
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  1. Video: 2.1.1: Stereotyping [Part 1] (4:27)
  2. Video: 2.1.2: Stereotyping [Part 2] (13.29)
  3. Video: 2.1.3: Stereotyping [Part 3] (8:23)
  4. Video: 2.1.4: Stereotyping [Part 4] (16:12)
  5. Video: 2.1.5: Stereotyping [Part 5] (13:45)
  6. Video: 2.2: Wab Kinew on the soapbox (0:30) + (1:45)
  7. Video: 2.3: The relationship develops (16:21)
  8. Video: 2.4: A walk through history (0:36) + (2:00)
  9. Video: 2.5: Using RCAP wheel to look at relationship (8:06)
  10. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 1] (0:58)
  11. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 2] (2:30)
  12. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 3] (6:17)
  13. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 4] (4:43)
  14. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 5] (4:34)
  15. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 6] (8:41)
  16. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 7] (2:05)
  17. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 8] (3:25)
  18. Video: 2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 9] (4:11)
  19. Video: 2.7: Wampum (1:22)
  20. Video: 2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 1] (10:18)
  21. Video: 2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 2] (12:02)
  22. Video: 2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 3] (13:40)
  23. Video: Lecture: 2.9 Rethinking the relationship (1:40) + (13:55)
  24. Video: Week 3 Activity: Loss Thought Piece
  25. Reading: Links to Further Resources

Graded: Quiz #1 (Week 3): Aboriginal Worldviews and Education

WEEK 3


A Brief History of Aboriginal Education
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11 videos, 1 reading expand


  1. Video: 3.1 Applying the wheel to aboriginal education (3:34)
  2. Video: 3.2 Ab ed through the wheel Pre-contact [Part 1] (13:11)
  3. Video: 3.2 Ab ed through the wheel Pre-contact [Part 2] (15:26)
  4. Video: 3.3 Ab ed through the wheel early contact (5:08)
  5. Video: 3.4 Ab ed through the wheel Colonial period [Part 1] (15:58)
  6. Video: 3.4 Ab ed through the wheel Colonial period [Part 2] (12:26)
  7. Video: 3.5 Residential schools (0:52)
  8. Video: 3.6 Interview with Suzanne Stewart on Intergenerational Trauma [Part 1] (10:38)
  9. Video: 3.6 Interview with Suzanne Stewart on Intergenerational Trauma [Part 2] (9:42)
  10. Video: 3.7 The Apology and Analysis - Laura McKinley Interview (7:11)
  11. Video: Week 4 Activity: Aboriginal Apology (1:48)
  12. Reading: Links to Further Resources


WEEK 4


Contemporary Themes in Aboriginal Education
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  1. Video: 4.1 Ab ed through the wheel Contemporary [Part 1] (11:25)
  2. Video: 4.1 Ab ed through the wheel Contemporary [Part 2] (10:00)
  3. Video: 4.2: Culturally responsive education (1:28)
  4. Video: 4.3: Aboriginal knowledge for all (1:37 + 3:44 + 16.37)
  5. Video: 4.4 Assessing Resources (4:16)
  6. Video: 4.5 Cultural Appropriation (4:40)
  7. Video: 4.6 Renewing the relationship: Idle No (3:31 + 19:13)
  8. Video: 4.7 Course closing
  9. Video: 4.8 Course Closing: Words of Elders
  10. Reading: Links to Further Resources

Graded: Quiz #2: Week 5 Quiz

WEEK 5


8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward
This television series aired on Canada's CBC in 2013. Short clips used in the course created a demand from students for more and to see the clips in their original context. We received permission to show the series here.


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  1. Video: 8th Fire episode 1. Indigenous in the City (43:24)
  2. Video: 8th Fire episode 2. It's time
  3. Video: 8th Fire episode 3. Whose land is it anyway?
  4. Video: 8th Fire episode 4. At the Crossroads


WEEK 6


Extras
These are additional materials that may be of interest. None of this material counts towards your final grade.


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  1. Video: Jean-Paul Screenside Chat for Week One
  2. Video: TA Feedback 1 - Introductions
  3. Video: TA Feedback 2
  4. Video: Jean-Paul Screenside Chat for Week Two
  5. Video: Jean-Paul Screenside Chat for Week Two - Course design questions
  6. Video: Jean-Paul Screenside Chat for Week Three [part 1]
  7. Video: Jean-Paul Screenside Chat for Week Three [part 2]
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