My journey of praxis: a proposal for an autoethnographic study addressing place-based education, indigenous knowledge, and decolonization

• Main Author: Harris, Dianne
• Other Authors: Nahachewsky, James
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: praxis; place-based education; Indigenous Knowledge; colonization; decolonization; Lil’wat principles of learning; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5292

This project is a personal journey of praxis of an elementary school teacher and considers the question of: Where is my place teaching in a First Nations’ school in the 21st century? The project has three main themes: (1) Place-Based Education; (2) Indigenous Knowledge; and (3) Decolonization of the Curriculum. The educator of twenty-five years is reflecting on lived experiences as an elementary teacher teaching as an elementary teaching in First Nations’ schools in Canada. Reflections and research on these lived experiences through an autoethnograghic guided study enabled a broader and richer view of the themes identified for the author. Graduate