Blog post #410/1/2019 Reconceptualists and Nourishing the learning spiritThree things I learned:
Scientists have just begun to recognize the potential of Indigenous knowledge In the more specific case of early childhood education, contemporary reconceptualist scholars question the belief that scientific truths could or should be “discovered” about any individual or group of children and then applied to all younger human beings, no matter the culture, language, belief structure, or physical life circumstance. I believe all students do not learn the same and have different beliefs. Other cultures and languages may have different views on scientific truths then others so I do not believe all scientific truths should be applied to all younger human beings. Aboriginal knowledge serves to ground our interrelationships with each other – all things, animate and inanimate; to honour the land, the animals, the ecology that gives all of us sustenance; to honour our relationships with one another and respect our diversities, recognizing that we are all one, coming from one Creation, learning to learn, to fulfill our journey, our earth walk, as our Creator and we have agreed upon. 2 connections I have: In order for us as a society, us and Indigenous people to grow and adapt we need to understand that “Indigenous Knowledge is being revealed as an extensive and valuable knowledge system that must be made a priority or mission in education, not just for Indigenous students but for all students”. Which is why at my high school we had an aboriginal class any student could take and there is a mandatory Indigenous class we have to take in university during our elementary degree. Through our families, peers, and communities, we come to learn about ourselves through our ecologies, land and environments. I have learned all that I know from my brother and my dad who I spent most of my childhood with, grande prairie and my elementary school and my friends. I developed over the years based on my surroundings the the people who came in and out of my lives. 1 Question I have: How can we build as a community and help diminish the tension between us and aboriginal bodies after our history?
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