Conflicts and Lessons in First Nations Secondary Education: An Analysis of B CFirst Nations Studies
In the Canadian and United States public education systems, knowledge about thehistory and culture of Indigenous peoples has historically been excluded from ormisrepresented in social studies curricula. This exclusion and misrepresentationreinforces the oppression of Indigenous peoples in society at...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/196467 2023-05-15T16:15:25+02:00 Conflicts and Lessons in First Nations Secondary Education: An Analysis of B CFirst Nations Studies Mason, Rachel 2021-12-10 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196467 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v31i2.196467 eng eng UBC Faculty of Education http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196467/191614 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196467 doi:10.14288/cjne.v31i2.196467 Copyright (c) 2021 Canadian Journal of Native Education Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2008) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v31i2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v31i2.196467 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v31i2 2023-01-04T07:51:08Z In the Canadian and United States public education systems, knowledge about thehistory and culture of Indigenous peoples has historically been excluded from ormisrepresented in social studies curricula. This exclusion and misrepresentationreinforces the oppression of Indigenous peoples in society at large. This studyexamines efforts to develop and teach a course that counters this history ofmisrepresentation. Through an investigation of British Columbia's secondary-levelsocial studies course entitled BC First Nations Studies, this article explores thetensions that arise in teaching about the history and culture of Indigenous peoples inthe public education system. An analysis of these tensions examines how they arerelated to deeper issues of epistemology, pedagogical values, and legitimation andthus provides useful lessons for educators teaching Indigenous studies and foreducators in general who struggle to implement education as the practice of liberationin the mainstream education system. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) |
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In the Canadian and United States public education systems, knowledge about thehistory and culture of Indigenous peoples has historically been excluded from ormisrepresented in social studies curricula. This exclusion and misrepresentationreinforces the oppression of Indigenous peoples in society at large. This studyexamines efforts to develop and teach a course that counters this history ofmisrepresentation. Through an investigation of British Columbia's secondary-levelsocial studies course entitled BC First Nations Studies, this article explores thetensions that arise in teaching about the history and culture of Indigenous peoples inthe public education system. An analysis of these tensions examines how they arerelated to deeper issues of epistemology, pedagogical values, and legitimation andthus provides useful lessons for educators teaching Indigenous studies and foreducators in general who struggle to implement education as the practice of liberationin the mainstream education system. |
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Conflicts and Lessons in First Nations Secondary Education: An Analysis of B CFirst Nations Studies |
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Conflicts and Lessons in First Nations Secondary Education: An Analysis of B CFirst Nations Studies |
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UBC Faculty of Education |
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Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 31 No. 2 (2008) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v31i2 |
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