This land is our land? This land is your land exploring the decolonizing journeys of White outdoor environmental educators
Record details
- ISBN: 9780494635391
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Physical Description:
electronic document
microfiche
microfilm reel
1 electronic text (156 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2011]
Content descriptions
Dissertation Note: | Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2009. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Situating myself -- Overview of study -- A call to decolonize outdoor environmental education -- Understanding "Western" and "Indigenous" worldviews -- Colonization of people and the land -- Critical pedagogy, eco-justice, and Indigenous education -- Outdoor environmental education as eurocentric -- Foregrounding Indigenous ways of knowing -- TEK: the appropriation of Indigenous knowledge -- Critical place-based pedagogy: a framework for decolonizing? -- Turning to Indigenous education to learn about "place" -- Seeking conceptualizations of decolonizing for non-Aboriginal people -- The complexities of decolonization for white educators -- Conceptualizations of decolonization in Aboriginal contexts -- Decolonizing for non-Aboriginal people: conceptualizations by Aboriginal people -- Conceptualizations of decolonization by and for white Euro-Canadians -- Research design -- Theoretical framework -- Post-critical theory -- Indigenous and decolonizing research -- Participants -- Rationale for participant demographic (Researcher reflexivity) -- Outdoor environmental educators -- White Euro-Canadian educators -- Methodology -- Methods -- Discussion of findings -- Particpant profiles -- Kim -- Mary -- John -- Luke -- Participant understandings of decolonization -- Pivotal moments of decolonizing journeys -- Refining the decolonizing lens -- Recognizing Eurocentrism and white privilage -- Feeling stuck and the fear of not knowing -- Opportunities to be vulnerable and learn from mistakes -- Experiences that facilitate decolonizing journeys -- Part A: exposure to Aboriginal culture and First Voice perspectives -- Meaningful relationships with Aboriginal people -- Relationships with Aboriginal co-instructors -- Relationships with Aboriginal students -- Time in Aboriginal communities -- Exposure to Aboriginal perspectives in an Academic environments -- Exposure to cultural strength and resilience of Aboriginal people -- Exposure to examples of cultural strength -- Exposure to examples of the resilience of Aboriginal people in the face of adversity -- Relationships with non-Aboriginal people -- Relationships with non-Aboriginal allies -- Being a mentor and inviting others onto the journey -- Relationships in which to celebrate one's own cultural heritage -- Time on the land -- Appendix A: Telephone script for potential participant recruitment -- Appendix B: Information letter sent to potential participants -- Appendix C: Participant Consent form. |