ERIC Number: EJ1417147
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0835-4944
EISSN: EISSN-1925-993X
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Things I Wish I Had Known before Teaching in an Indigenous Community
Bora Kim
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, v35 n2 p111-122 2023
This essay relates the learning journey that I have been on as a non-Indigenous post-secondary educator teaching college courses in an Indigenous community and engaging in learning and unlearning about Indigenous Peoples and their history and world views in Canada. What I wish I had known before teaching college courses on reserve includes (1) more about Indigenous Peoples and their history in Canada, and (2) the four Rs of my responsibility as a non-Indigenous post-secondary educator. My journey of learning and unlearning has just begun and will be ongoing as Indigenous history is long and complicated, and Indigenous knowledges embrace contextual knowledge and relationships emerging from a specific Indigenous epistemology.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, College Faculty, Learner Engagement, Canada Natives, Indigenous Populations, Teacher Characteristics, Knowledge Level, Teacher Responsibility, Cultural Context, Culturally Relevant Education, Reciprocal Teaching, Prosocial Behavior, Human Dignity, Social Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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