ERIC Number: EJ1289122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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Face-to-Face with Place: Place-Based Education in the Fraser Canyon
Farrell, Teresa; Waatainen, Paula
Canadian Social Studies, v51 n2 p2-17 2020
Two instructors from the Faculty of Education at Vancouver Island University organized a three-day field experience with 35 pre-service teachers along the Fraser Canyon corridor, home of the Nlaka'pamux and Stó:lo Nations. We asked: How will an educational field experience in this place impact and inform pre-service teachers and researchers' understanding of placebased education (PBE) in their practice? We explore the shift towards Indigenous perspectives that subtly wove its way through the work and how it framed new ways of thinking about place for our participants and new ways of considering decolonizing education for the instructor researchers. We conclude by arguing that PBE is necessitated by active, living relationship in place and provides opportunities for critical pedagogy grounded in Indigeneity. We also suggest that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators have a role to play in this work.
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Indigenous Populations, Inclusion, Resilience (Psychology), Indigenous Knowledge, Community Relations
University of Alberta. 347 Education South, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5, Canada. Web site: https://canadian-social-studies-journal.educ.ualberta.ca/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Vancouver)
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