The Reflective Practitioner: On the Margins­ Talking with Métis Educator Dave Skene about his Life's Work

• Main Author: Hill, Daniel Louis
• Other Authors: Knowles, J. Gary
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: life history; arts-informed; biography; metis; adult education; dialogue; reflexive inquiry; Aboriginal; native; narrative; 0516; 0326; 0304; 0318; 0401; 0740; Canada; Metis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18118

In this Arts-informed Life History I use dialogue and narrative to illustrate “pedagogy in practice” and illuminate the life’s work of Métis adult educator Dave Skene. Skene tells stories of experience working cross-culturally to illustrate how individuals are transformed by learning experiences and how they contribute to transformative learning in others' lives. He recounts experiences of working for social justice and community development in the global context of north-south knowledge exchange. Skene’s life crosses many borders and the research account walks readers through a life growing up in an urban setting, surviving on the street, discovering God, working internationally with indigenous peoples, listening to stories in areas of protracted conflict and war, and co-founding a Non Governmental Organization, Global Youth Network. As researcher I interweave reflexive accounts of cross-cultural experiences in Canada and Latin America to contribute to understanding how to undertake life history research and issues in its representation.