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Research paper thumbnail of Confronting Partial Knowledge Through a Pedagogy of Discomfort: Notes on Anti-Oppressive Teaching

in education

Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance fro... more Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance from dominantly positioned educators. In this article, we weave together a narrative unpacking of an uncomfortable experience in a graduate level class with an exploration of relevant theoretical literature. Our reflection on practice takes up the possibilities for anti-oppressive education to engage with the partial knowledge of educators and students. Ultimately, engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort is necessary to unsettle dominantly positioned educators and students and enable a move towards bearing witness to the unequal realities of Canadian society. In order to begin to enter more deeply into relationships of accountability between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples, teaching moments such as these are inevitable, if not required. Keywords: anti-oppressive education, discomfort, colonialism, partial knowledge, Indigenous futurity

Research paper thumbnail of Tracer une voie vers la réconciliation et le renouvellement des relations au travers de l’apprentissage des traités

L'enseignement des traités en français, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education, 2016

This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibiliti... more This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade. The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digi...

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education, 2016

This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibiliti... more This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade. The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digi...

Research paper thumbnail of A Colonial Space Endeavoring to Do Differently: Reading, Writing and Reconciliation in the Elementary Classroom

Possibly the greatest crisis facing the education system in Saskatchewan is the abysmally low rat... more Possibly the greatest crisis facing the education system in Saskatchewan is the abysmally low rates of First Nations, M

Research paper thumbnail of Confronting Partial Knowledge Through a Pedagogy of Discomfort: Notes on Anti-Oppressive Teaching

in education

Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance fro... more Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance from dominantly positioned educators. In this article, we weave together a narrative unpacking of an uncomfortable experience in a graduate level class with an exploration of relevant theoretical literature. Our reflection on practice takes up the possibilities for anti-oppressive education to engage with the partial knowledge of educators and students. Ultimately, engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort is necessary to unsettle dominantly positioned educators and students and enable a move towards bearing witness to the unequal realities of Canadian society. In order to begin to enter more deeply into relationships of accountability between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples, teaching moments such as these are inevitable, if not required. Keywords: anti-oppressive education, discomfort, colonialism, partial knowledge, Indigenous futurity

Research paper thumbnail of Tracer une voie vers la réconciliation et le renouvellement des relations au travers de l’apprentissage des traités

L'enseignement des traités en français, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education, 2016

This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibiliti... more This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade. The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digi...

Research paper thumbnail of Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education, 2016

This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibiliti... more This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade. The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digi...

Research paper thumbnail of A Colonial Space Endeavoring to Do Differently: Reading, Writing and Reconciliation in the Elementary Classroom

Possibly the greatest crisis facing the education system in Saskatchewan is the abysmally low rat... more Possibly the greatest crisis facing the education system in Saskatchewan is the abysmally low rates of First Nations, M

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