Creating Belonging for Aboriginal Learners in Elementary Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Edwards
Description
Educational Research Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017
Examines how Indigenous creativity is affected by social, cultural, ethical, and historical contexts.
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Looks at the collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous to improve Indigenous education and research.
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Looks at the development of a cultural humility with Indigenous peoples, requiring self-reflection and a changing of attitudes and behaviours.