Curriculum Change in Nunavut: Towards Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

Between 1985 and the present, curriculum developers, educators and Elders in Nunavut have been working towards reconceptualization of curriculum to better meet the strengths and needs of Inuit students and to reflect, preserve, and revitalize Inuit worldview, language, and culture. This article outl...

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spelling fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1014860ar 2023-05-15T16:54:06+02:00 Curriculum Change in Nunavut: Towards Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit McGregor, Heather E. 2012 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1014860ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1014860ar en eng Faculty of Education, McGill University Érudit McGill Journal of Education vol. 47 no. 3 (2012) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1014860ar doi:10.7202/1014860ar All Rights Reserved © Faculty of Education, McGill University, 2013 text 2012 fterudit https://doi.org/10.7202/1014860ar 2022-09-24T23:15:00Z Between 1985 and the present, curriculum developers, educators and Elders in Nunavut have been working towards reconceptualization of curriculum to better meet the strengths and needs of Inuit students and to reflect, preserve, and revitalize Inuit worldview, language, and culture. This article outlines the development of the 1989 curriculum framework Piniaqtavut, the 1996 framework Inuuqatigiit: The Curriculum from the Inuit Perspective, and the 2007 foundation document Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Education Framework for Nunavut Curriculum. It goes on to describe the cross-curricular principles and philosophies of education in Nunavut, and identify the most important contributing factors in this system-wide curriculum change process. The intent is both to describe the approach taken in Nunavut, as well as to inform comparable work in other Indigenous contexts. Depuis 1985, des développeurs, des éducateurs et desaînés du Nunavut travaillent à la refonte desconcepts des programmes et ce, afin de mieux répondre aux forceset besoins des élèves inuit. Ils veulent égalementrefléter, préserver et redonner vie à la vision dumonde, à la langue et à la culture inuit. Cet articleexplique le développement du programme d’étudesPiniaqtavut (1989), du programme Inuuqatigiit: Un programmed’études à partir d’une perspective inuit(1996) et du document fondateur Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: le cadred’éducation pour le curriculum du Nunavut (2007). Par lasuite, l’auteur décrit les principes descompétences transversales et les philosophies del’éducation au Nunavut. Elle identifie les facteurs ayantle plus contribué à ce processus de transformation desprogrammes dans l’ensemble du système. L’objectifest d’à la fois décrire l’approchepréconisée au Nunavut et de présenter des travauxcomparables, réalisés dans d’autres contextesautochtones. Text inuit Nunavut Érudit.org (Université Montréal) Nunavut McGill Journal of Education 47 3 285 302
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description Between 1985 and the present, curriculum developers, educators and Elders in Nunavut have been working towards reconceptualization of curriculum to better meet the strengths and needs of Inuit students and to reflect, preserve, and revitalize Inuit worldview, language, and culture. This article outlines the development of the 1989 curriculum framework Piniaqtavut, the 1996 framework Inuuqatigiit: The Curriculum from the Inuit Perspective, and the 2007 foundation document Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Education Framework for Nunavut Curriculum. It goes on to describe the cross-curricular principles and philosophies of education in Nunavut, and identify the most important contributing factors in this system-wide curriculum change process. The intent is both to describe the approach taken in Nunavut, as well as to inform comparable work in other Indigenous contexts. Depuis 1985, des développeurs, des éducateurs et desaînés du Nunavut travaillent à la refonte desconcepts des programmes et ce, afin de mieux répondre aux forceset besoins des élèves inuit. Ils veulent égalementrefléter, préserver et redonner vie à la vision dumonde, à la langue et à la culture inuit. Cet articleexplique le développement du programme d’étudesPiniaqtavut (1989), du programme Inuuqatigiit: Un programmed’études à partir d’une perspective inuit(1996) et du document fondateur Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: le cadred’éducation pour le curriculum du Nunavut (2007). Par lasuite, l’auteur décrit les principes descompétences transversales et les philosophies del’éducation au Nunavut. Elle identifie les facteurs ayantle plus contribué à ce processus de transformation desprogrammes dans l’ensemble du système. L’objectifest d’à la fois décrire l’approchepréconisée au Nunavut et de présenter des travauxcomparables, réalisés dans d’autres contextesautochtones.
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