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Aboriginal Worldviews and Education

Instructor: Jean-Paul Restoule

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks at 10 hours a week

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There are 7 modules in this course

Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education.

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What's included

2 readings

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13 videos1 reading1 peer review

13 videosTotal 76 minutes

1.1 Welcome and course overview5 minutes
1.2 Medicine wheel as organizing principle (4:33)5 minutes
1.3 Defining worldviews and education (4:47)5 minutes
1.4 Canadians don't know much about Aboriginal people4 minutes
1.5.1 Reasons why Aboriginal worldviews matter [part 1] (10:26)10 minutes
1.5.2 Reasons why Aboriginal worldviews matter [part 2] (7:34)8 minutes
1.6 Aboriginal people are diverse but share two things (3.28)4 minutes
1.7 Comparing the worldviews (0:51)1 minute
1.8 Barbecue Area (2:28)3 minutes
1.9.1 Accurate terminology [part 1] (15:41)16 minutes
1.9.2 Accurate terminology [part 2] (10:42)11 minutes
1.9.3 Accurate terminology [part 3] (4:16)4 minutes
Week 2 Activity: Meaningful Place (2:02)2 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Links to Further Resources10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Make the Familiar Strange120 minutes

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24 videos1 reading1 assignment

24 videosTotal 165 minutes

2.1.1: Stereotyping [Part 1] (4:27)4 minutes
2.1.2: Stereotyping [Part 2] (13.29)13 minutes
2.1.3: Stereotyping [Part 3] (8:23)8 minutes
2.1.4: Stereotyping [Part 4] (16:12)16 minutes
2.1.5: Stereotyping [Part 5] (13:45)14 minutes
2.2: Wab Kinew on the soapbox (0:30) + (1:45)1 minute
2.3: The relationship develops (16:21)16 minutes
2.4: A walk through history (0:36) + (2:00)1 minute
2.5: Using RCAP wheel to look at relationship (8:06)8 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 1] (0:58)1 minute
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 2] (2:30)3 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 3] (6:17)6 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 4] (4:43)5 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 5] (4:34)5 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 6] (8:41)9 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 7] (2:05)2 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 8] (3:25)3 minutes
2.6: Indigenous knowledge [Part 9] (4:11)4 minutes
2.7: Wampum (1:22)1 minute
2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 1] (10:18)10 minutes
2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 2] (12:02)12 minutes
2.8: Interview with Angela Mashford-Pringle [Part 3] (13:40)14 minutes
Lecture: 2.9 Rethinking the relationship (1:40) + (13:55)2 minutes
Week 3 Activity: Loss Thought Piece6 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Links to Further Resources10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz #1 (Week 3): Aboriginal Worldviews and Education30 minutes

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11 videos1 reading

11 videosTotal 96 minutes

3.1 Applying the wheel to aboriginal education (3:34)4 minutes
3.2 Ab ed through the wheel Pre-contact [Part 1] (13:11)13 minutes
3.2 Ab ed through the wheel Pre-contact [Part 2] (15:26)15 minutes
3.3 Ab ed through the wheel early contact (5:08)5 minutes
3.4 Ab ed through the wheel Colonial period [Part 1] (15:58)16 minutes
3.4 Ab ed through the wheel Colonial period [Part 2] (12:26)12 minutes
3.5 Residential schools (0:52)1 minute
3.6 Interview with Suzanne Stewart on Intergenerational Trauma [Part 1] (10:38)11 minutes
3.6 Interview with Suzanne Stewart on Intergenerational Trauma [Part 2] (9:42)10 minutes
3.7 The Apology and Analysis - Laura McKinley Interview (7:11)7 minutes
Week 4 Activity: Aboriginal Apology (1:48)2 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Links to Further Resources10 minutes

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9 videos1 reading1 assignment

9 videosTotal 45 minutes

4.1 Ab ed through the wheel Contemporary [Part 1] (11:25)11 minutes
4.1 Ab ed through the wheel Contemporary [Part 2] (10:00)10 minutes
4.2: Culturally responsive education (1:28)1 minute
4.3: Aboriginal knowledge for all (1:37 + 3:44 + 16.37)2 minutes
4.4 Assessing Resources (4:16)4 minutes
4.5 Cultural Appropriation (4:40)5 minutes
4.6 Renewing the relationship: Idle No More (3:31 + 19:13)3 minutes
4.7 Course closing6 minutes
4.8 Course Closing: Words of Elders1 minute

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Links to Further Resources10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz #2: Week 5 Quiz30 minutes

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Jean-Paul Restoule

University of Toronto

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Reviewed on Jun 19, 2017

The course material is useful, indepth and eye-opening. A great course explaining various views. I have a much better understanding of the culture and challenges.

Reviewed on Nov 12, 2020

Lots of good information delivered in a classroom location with interaction with those students. Great videos to add to the lectures as well. Thank-you.

Reviewed on Mar 25, 2021

I really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot. Thank you so much for the time and energy you put into creating it and providing it in this way so people from all over can enhance their learning.

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