Place-Based Education and Reconciliation

• Main Author: Boone, Jonathan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dordt Digital Collections 2019
• Subjects: Master of Education; thesis; place-based education; Haida Gwaii; Indigenous peoples; Christian teachers; Curriculum and Instruction; Education; haida
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/med_theses/137; https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/context/med_theses/article/1138/viewcontent/Jonathan_Boone_Thesis.pdf

This action research project examined the impact of a place-based learning opportunity on Haida Gwaii for Christian educators. Two separate groups participated. The first group of 10 participants came to Haida Gwaii in the summer of 2017. The second group of 10 participants came to Haida Gwaii in the summer of 2018. Both groups were given the same opportunity to take part in various events, visit locations, and meet Haida people. All but one participant from both groups were interviewed separately in the spring of 2019 to collect data on each’s experience. One participant did not respond to requests for an interview. The data indicates having a place-based learning opportunity provides educators with enthusiasm for improving their own teaching of Indigenous content and perspectives and for connecting them with local Indigenous communities, in the hopes of having more meaningful relationships with these same communities.