This week in EDL 829, our conversation deepened around the themes of connection and community. We had the privilege of hearing from Risa Naytowhow, whose reflections on her experiences as an Indigenous student in urban education resonated deeply with the themes explored in our readings from Chapter 8 & 9 of Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw … More Week 6: Relationships & Ethical Spaces
This week, I revisited Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 of Teaching Each Other: Nehinuw Concepts & Indigenous Pedagogy. I found myself returning to the idea that teaching and learning are living, relational acts. Goulet and Goulet write about classrooms as communities of belonging where knowledge is built collectively and where the relationships between people, place, … More Week 5: Learning in Relation: Stories, Weather, and Community
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
Will Whitten 