A collection of Education Related Blog posts from my time as and Arts Education Studetnt
This week, I’ve been sitting with Chapters 6 and 7 of Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts & Indigenous Pedagogy by Goulet & Goulet. These chapters Weetutoskemitowin (Working Together: Social Systems) and Iseechigehina (Planned Actions: Connection to the Process) pushed me to think beyond how I connect to my students and toward how I connect students … More Week 4: Connection to Space and Content
This week’s reading in Teaching Each Other focused around teacher student relationships. Goulet and Goulet poin out that these relationships are “foundational to engaging Indeginous children in learning” (p.98). The cree word that really stuck with me this week was weechihitowin– being helpful and supportive. I think by nature many teachers fall into this category … More Week 3: Connecting with Students
This week in Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts Goulet & Goulet started to really explore their conceptualiztion and model of effective teaching. Their model is a circle divided into four quadrants. A model that clearly takes it roots in Indigenous knowledge and beliefs (it echoes the medicine wheel teachings that show up across the Indigenous … More Week 2: Effective Teaching Framework
Thanks for popping by to read my blog for this course. Hopefully following along on this journey offers you some insight into how we can support Indigenous students in our current Education system and social situation here in Saskatchewan. I am excited to be continuing my journey towards completing my Masters Degree in Education. I … More Week 1: Introductions and Teaching Each Other
EC&I 830 Summary of Learning To wrap up this semester of learning and this course I have joined forces with a few of my friends and colleagues to share our view of technology in the classroom. Over the past 11 weeks we have discussed, debated and analyzed the role of technology in the classroom. I … More The Guardians of Technology…
Will Whitten 