For my EDL 829 course we presented interactive activities that connect to our course text Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts & Indigenous Pedagogies (Goulet & Goulet, 2014). The interactive activity that I shared was a version of a student check in called Rose, Bud and Thorn — however in my classroom we have taken to … More Give Them Their Flowers Facilitation Guide
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
Will Whitten 