Coyote Goes To School: The Paradox of Indigenous Higher Education
This article explores the contradictions involved in teaching Native studies or First Nations studies in Western educational institutions that require us to teach in decidedly non-Aboriginal ways. If we use the kind of experiential, holistic learning techniques that are typically used in Indigenous...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/195930 2023-05-15T16:15:50+02:00 Coyote Goes To School: The Paradox of Indigenous Higher Education Harris, Heather 2021-10-21 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/195930 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v26i2.195930 eng eng UBC Faculty of Education http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/195930/191779 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/195930 doi:10.14288/cjne.v26i2.195930 Copyright (c) 2021 Canadian Journal of Native Education Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2002) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v26i2 Higher Education info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v26i2.195930 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v26i2 2023-01-04T07:51:04Z This article explores the contradictions involved in teaching Native studies or First Nations studies in Western educational institutions that require us to teach in decidedly non-Aboriginal ways. If we use the kind of experiential, holistic learning techniques that are typically used in Indigenous communities, our courses and programs are labeled unscholarly and frivolous by the more "academic" programs. The article outlines how as an Indigenous educator I try to negotiate a space in the academy and concludes with one of our most effective teaching tools: a Coyote story. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) |
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This article explores the contradictions involved in teaching Native studies or First Nations studies in Western educational institutions that require us to teach in decidedly non-Aboriginal ways. If we use the kind of experiential, holistic learning techniques that are typically used in Indigenous communities, our courses and programs are labeled unscholarly and frivolous by the more "academic" programs. The article outlines how as an Indigenous educator I try to negotiate a space in the academy and concludes with one of our most effective teaching tools: a Coyote story. |
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Coyote Goes To School: The Paradox of Indigenous Higher Education |
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UBC Faculty of Education |
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