Indigenous Ways Of Knowing In classroom classrooms, and school schools

Question 1

Four components

Answer 1

• cultures of belonging
  -instructional design
  -Sharing through story
  -Petagogy/teaching

These inner related quadrants can be utilized by teachers to organize their thinking and approaches to weave indigenous ways of knowing into teaching and learning opportunities

Question 2

Cultures of belonging

Answer 2

How do we embrace, indigenous idea of wholeness and foster cultures in the classroom to create a sense of belonging

One truth is everything in the universe is part or connected to something

Circle of courage, model amplifies medicine wheel for balance, and harmony

Seven sacred teachings model the sacred teachings

Question 3

Instructional design

Answer 3

How might value win, indigenous knowledge systems in our learning, promote cultural appreciation and increase reconciliation, as well as as enhance learning for students
Holistic = looking at the whole person learning (connections with the community, natural world, and other others)
Collaborative = creating an extended family or support system for learning, adding perspectives to enrich learning
Relational ; supporting students by connecting content to personal reality through stories, reflections, artifacts, etc.

Question 4

pedagogy

Answer 4

How can indigenous idea of two eyed scene support a blended experience in the classroom that strengthens both in indigenous and western ways of knowing

Two seeing eye = a guiding principle that says it is most beneficial to consider multiple perspectives when understanding and exploring ideas. Approaching something with different world views, and perspectives to recognize and acknowledge differences

Question 5

Shareing through story

Answer 5

How do we support deeper connection to learning outcomes through storytelling and how a current teaching practises relate to sharing through story

Storytelling passes on knowledge and creates bonds between cultures and people. It can be done orally, through song, with pictures, etc..

In classrooms, storytelling is responsive to individual needs or making connections to prior and new learning, building on foundations laid by other stories