Mindful listening : Indigenous adult basic education learners speak about returning to school ...
Returning to school to complete secondary studies is a pivotal event in the life of an Indigenous adult learner, yet there is a gap in the academic literature about student voices describing their experiences. This qualitative case study from the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squa...
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University of British Columbia
2018
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0366122 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0366122 |
| Summary: | Returning to school to complete secondary studies is a pivotal event in the life of an Indigenous adult learner, yet there is a gap in the academic literature about student voices describing their experiences. This qualitative case study from the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations focused on students at the Native Education College urban Indigenous adult learning centre. The study sought to make space for student storywork that expressed important elements of adult basic education (ABE) learner experiences. A conceptual framework based on oral traditional teachings of maskikimiskanow (the medicine journey), and of mino pimatisiwin (a good life), as well as the Seven Teachings of respect, honesty, courage, love, humility, wisdom and truth, informed an Indigenous methodology that incorporated culturally relevant research methods and an overall approach that sought to demonstrate respect and relationality. Thirteen students were interviewed and shared some ... |
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