Indigenous teacher education as cultural brokerage: A university/First Nations partnership to prepare Nishnawbe Aski teachers

Authors

  • Julian Kitchen, PhD Brock University
  • John Hodson, PhD Maamaawiisin Education Research Centre
  • Marg Raynor Brock University

Abstract

This paper studies a community-based Indigenous teacher education
program in Northwestern Ontario in Canada. This program, the result
of a partnership between the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
and Brock University, was designed to prepare Nishnawbe Aski to teach
through a Two Worlds Orientation: unique Indigenous understandings
combined with Western educational principles. The program
characteristics and structure are outlined. The strengths of the program,
as identified by teacher candidates and teacher educators, are explored.
Challenges to teacher candidate success are also considered.

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Published

2014-01-16

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2013): Global 21st Century Professionals: Developing capability to work with Indigenous and other Traditionally-Oriented People

Section

General Refereed Papers

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