ERIC Number: EJ1458987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1326-0111
EISSN: EISSN-2049-7784
Failures Indigenising School Mathematics: A Narrative Inquiry
Stavros Georgios Stavrou; M. Shaun Murphy
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, v51 n2 2022
We use a narrative inquiry methodology to consider tensions surrounding Indigenising school mathematics. This research takes place in a Cree bilingual school in a Western Canadian prairie province conducted with three Cree elementary school teachers. We contemplate ways that: Indigenisation and notions of success in education can be Eurocentric; what is sometimes taken-up under the label of Indigenising school mathematics can be a colonial practice that is not actually Indigenising school mathematics in ways that support or coincide with teachers' cultural identities; Indigenous worldviews are still at risk of Eurocentric colonisation; and Indigenous worldviews are complete and should not be scrutinised by the Eurocentric gaze.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Indigenous Knowledge, Culturally Relevant Education, Canada Natives, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Cultural Influences, World Views, Colonialism
University of Queensland. Level 2, Building 4, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia. e-mail: ajie@uq.edu.au; Web site: https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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