Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspectives in the Classroom

Teachers need training,
knowledge, understanding of
Aboriginal history.
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Building capacity in teachers
to include Aboriginal
perspectives in the classroom
means incorporating it
into the teacher education
program. Several postseconday
institutions are starting to
include it in their training for
teachers. There are also good
professional development
workshops for more senior
teachers (e.g., BCTF workshops
on Residential Schools, and on
Debunking Myths).
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Designate a professional development day for
Aboriginal Education and bring together all
teachers, administrators, and support workers. In
addition, consider establishing Professional Learning
Communities: every two weeks everyone gets together
and discusses how to meet the needs of all learners.
Everyone has a share and say. This humanistic approach
is really meaningful and engaging for teachers. Every
person in the building is participating within work hours.
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Support more professional development for teachers
that focuses on First Peoples education, and use these
professional development activities as a way to create
a local Indigenous Education plan for their community.
Relationships are central, so allow for professional
development that helps all teachers to understand
how important relationship-building is to student
success (between teachers and students, students and
students, parents and teachers, etc.).
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Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspectives in the Classroom: Moving Forward
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