A metissage: learning in nature with indigenous ways - environmental studies, culture and 'play' - lessons that meet PLO's

Abstract The purpose of this project is to introduce metissage as a method for creating curriculum for First Nations and non-First nations students; curriculum that combines Indigenous pedagogy, environmental studies and experiential play learning in and about nature. The metissage suggested is crea...

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Main Author: Wright, Mary Louise
Other Authors: Milford, Todd, Nahachewsky, James
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Indigenous pedagogy
decolonization
environmental studies
metissage
nature
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5319
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spelling ftuvicpubl:oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/5319 2023-05-15T16:14:56+02:00 A metissage: learning in nature with indigenous ways - environmental studies, culture and 'play' - lessons that meet PLO's Wright, Mary Louise Milford, Todd Nahachewsky, James 2014 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5319 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5319 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ Available to the World Wide Web CC-BY-NC-ND Indigenous pedagogy decolonization environmental studies metissage nature project 2014 ftuvicpubl 2022-05-19T06:11:29Z Abstract The purpose of this project is to introduce metissage as a method for creating curriculum for First Nations and non-First nations students; curriculum that combines Indigenous pedagogy, environmental studies and experiential play learning in and about nature. The metissage suggested is created by braiding three types of lessons - western/eurocentric environmental lessons, ‘play’ lessons and local First Nations Culture lessons - together in a cohesive unit tied together with the commonality of local nature environments and Indigenous pedagogy. The benefits of nature, Indigenous pedagogy, play and environmental studies are discussed. Guidelines for creating such a unit are also laid out for the purpose of allowing teachers to create such a curriculum to suit the needs of the students in their local culture and environmental Graduate Other/Unknown Material First Nations University of Victoria (Canada): UVicDSpace
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environmental studies
metissage
nature
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environmental studies
metissage
nature
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description Abstract The purpose of this project is to introduce metissage as a method for creating curriculum for First Nations and non-First nations students; curriculum that combines Indigenous pedagogy, environmental studies and experiential play learning in and about nature. The metissage suggested is created by braiding three types of lessons - western/eurocentric environmental lessons, ‘play’ lessons and local First Nations Culture lessons - together in a cohesive unit tied together with the commonality of local nature environments and Indigenous pedagogy. The benefits of nature, Indigenous pedagogy, play and environmental studies are discussed. Guidelines for creating such a unit are also laid out for the purpose of allowing teachers to create such a curriculum to suit the needs of the students in their local culture and environmental Graduate
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