Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701

In the winter term of 2016, Cape Breton University launched a revised version of a second year Mi’kmaw Studies course entitled Learning from the Knowledge Keepers of Mi’kmaki (MIKM 2701). This course was designed to be led by local Elders and Knowledge Keepers with facilitation support from universi...

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Published in:The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Main Authors: Root, Emily, Augustine, Stephen, Snow, Kathy, Doucette, Mary
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Language:English
Published: The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2019
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Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/8006
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description In the winter term of 2016, Cape Breton University launched a revised version of a second year Mi’kmaw Studies course entitled Learning from the Knowledge Keepers of Mi’kmaki (MIKM 2701). This course was designed to be led by local Elders and Knowledge Keepers with facilitation support from university faculty. It was designed by course facilitators as a dual-mode course, with the opportunity for students to participate face-to-face and online, and the excitement it generated quickly went “viral.” In this paper, we describe the experiences of the participants in the course through an analysis of their own reflections on the 13 weeks of instruction. The aim of this analysis is to share course design considerations for post-secondary institutions attempting to “Indigenize the academy” at a course level, but also to evaluate the process of co-learning as it was evidenced in the course as a means to address educational complexity and decolonization efforts in the classroom. Au cours du trimestre d’hiver de 2016, l’Université du Cap-Breton a lancé une version révisée d’un cours de deuxième année d’études mi’kmaw intitulé « Learning from the Knowledge Keepers of Mi’kmaki » (Apprendre avec les gardiens du savoir du Mi’kmaki) (MIKM 2701). Ce cours avait été conçu de façon à être dirigé par des aînés et des gardiens du savoir originaires de la région avec le soutien de professeurs de l’université. Il avait été conçu par les facilitateurs du cours en tant que cours bi-mode, qui donnait l’occasion aux étudiants de participer face à face et en ligne, et l’enthousiasme qu’il a généré s’est rapidement propagé. Dans cet article, nous décrivons les expériences des participants inscrits dans le cours par le biais d’une analyse de leurs propres réflexions sur les 13 semaines d’enseignement. L’objectif de cette analyse est de partager les considérations concernant la conception du cours à l’intention des établissements d’enseignement post-secondaire qui voudraient « indigéniser l’université » au niveau d’un cours, mais également ...
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spelling ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/8006 2025-01-16T23:06:14+00:00 Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701 Root, Emily Augustine, Stephen Snow, Kathy Doucette, Mary 2019-05-31 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/8006 eng eng The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/8006/6581 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/8006 The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019) La revue canadienne sur l'avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019) 1918-2902 culturally relevant pedagogy co-learning Indigenous pedagogy blended learning community engaged learning participatory reflective case study Indigenous studies Indigenous education decolonizing education settler-colonial studies intercultural relations reconciliation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Rapport de recherche 2019 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:04Z In the winter term of 2016, Cape Breton University launched a revised version of a second year Mi’kmaw Studies course entitled Learning from the Knowledge Keepers of Mi’kmaki (MIKM 2701). This course was designed to be led by local Elders and Knowledge Keepers with facilitation support from university faculty. It was designed by course facilitators as a dual-mode course, with the opportunity for students to participate face-to-face and online, and the excitement it generated quickly went “viral.” In this paper, we describe the experiences of the participants in the course through an analysis of their own reflections on the 13 weeks of instruction. The aim of this analysis is to share course design considerations for post-secondary institutions attempting to “Indigenize the academy” at a course level, but also to evaluate the process of co-learning as it was evidenced in the course as a means to address educational complexity and decolonization efforts in the classroom. Au cours du trimestre d’hiver de 2016, l’Université du Cap-Breton a lancé une version révisée d’un cours de deuxième année d’études mi’kmaw intitulé « Learning from the Knowledge Keepers of Mi’kmaki » (Apprendre avec les gardiens du savoir du Mi’kmaki) (MIKM 2701). Ce cours avait été conçu de façon à être dirigé par des aînés et des gardiens du savoir originaires de la région avec le soutien de professeurs de l’université. Il avait été conçu par les facilitateurs du cours en tant que cours bi-mode, qui donnait l’occasion aux étudiants de participer face à face et en ligne, et l’enthousiasme qu’il a généré s’est rapidement propagé. Dans cet article, nous décrivons les expériences des participants inscrits dans le cours par le biais d’une analyse de leurs propres réflexions sur les 13 semaines d’enseignement. L’objectif de cette analyse est de partager les considérations concernant la conception du cours à l’intention des établissements d’enseignement post-secondaire qui voudraient « indigéniser l’université » au niveau d’un cours, mais également ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaw Western Libraries OJS The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 10 1
spellingShingle culturally relevant pedagogy
co-learning
Indigenous pedagogy
blended learning
community engaged learning
participatory reflective case study
Indigenous studies
Indigenous education
decolonizing education
settler-colonial studies
intercultural relations
reconciliation
Root, Emily
Augustine, Stephen
Snow, Kathy
Doucette, Mary
Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title_full Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title_fullStr Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title_short Evidence of Co-learning through a Relational Pedagogy: Indigenizing the Curriculum through MIKM 2701
title_sort evidence of co-learning through a relational pedagogy: indigenizing the curriculum through mikm 2701
topic culturally relevant pedagogy
co-learning
Indigenous pedagogy
blended learning
community engaged learning
participatory reflective case study
Indigenous studies
Indigenous education
decolonizing education
settler-colonial studies
intercultural relations
reconciliation
topic_facet culturally relevant pedagogy
co-learning
Indigenous pedagogy
blended learning
community engaged learning
participatory reflective case study
Indigenous studies
Indigenous education
decolonizing education
settler-colonial studies
intercultural relations
reconciliation
url https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/cjsotl_rcacea/article/view/8006