Community of Practice For Indigenous Studies
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Description
This Community of Practice is designed for Indigenous students to connect with peers in different geographical areas to share and investigate information and create a community of practice. Leaning content is based on cultural identity from Knowledge Keepers and students can document their learnings, explore new topics in their community and share their content through means of Audio/visual, text, photos or charts. This effort is made to develop Indigenous cultural identity relating to the fields of Language, Nature, Customs and Ways of Life
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Intended Audience
The intended audience for this WBLT is middle school and high school learners in Indigenous communities in the 11th grade, where a large assortment of saved resources and digital lessons are available for use and to share. Some content would be developed by Knowledge Keepers from Indigenous communities to help educate students on their cultural customs. This platform would be intended for multiple communities to share information together, passing higher knowledge to the younger generations of the Indigenous community.
Learning Outcomes
Once the learners and Knowledge Keepers complete the WBLT module they will be able to develop and share applicable content to their subject of interest. This learning goal is intended to preserve cultural identity through language development, connection to nature and art as well as ways of life. Students will be able to:
● Participate in active cultural dialogue with like-minded community members
● Participate in mentor-ship- communication with Knowledge Keepers,, and document their understandings, and re-post to the online community their findings. ● Collect information specific to their community’s cultural normality's, compile and organize the content and upload it to be shared with other community members
● Students will be able to work with peers to explore and reflect on community differences and similarities.
Knowledge Keepers will be able to:
● Document and share their cultural knowledge to teach students methods of collecting, exploring and sharing that content.
● Connect with other Knowledge Keepers to share best practice methods and whys of understanding.
● Review student participation and peer-to-peer engagement and provide authentic feedback.
● Participate in active cultural dialogue with like-minded community members
● Participate in mentor-ship- communication with Knowledge Keepers,, and document their understandings, and re-post to the online community their findings. ● Collect information specific to their community’s cultural normality's, compile and organize the content and upload it to be shared with other community members
● Students will be able to work with peers to explore and reflect on community differences and similarities.
Knowledge Keepers will be able to:
● Document and share their cultural knowledge to teach students methods of collecting, exploring and sharing that content.
● Connect with other Knowledge Keepers to share best practice methods and whys of understanding.
● Review student participation and peer-to-peer engagement and provide authentic feedback.
Contributor
Submitted by: Sarah Patience
Email: [email protected]
Bio: Sarah Patience is a Master of Education Student at Ontario Tech University, where she plans to focus her research on Indigenous Communities of Practice. She graduated from the AEDT program at Ontario Tech U and lives in the Toronto area. She currently works in marketing at AB World Foods and has a passion for food and travel.
Email: [email protected]
Bio: Sarah Patience is a Master of Education Student at Ontario Tech University, where she plans to focus her research on Indigenous Communities of Practice. She graduated from the AEDT program at Ontario Tech U and lives in the Toronto area. She currently works in marketing at AB World Foods and has a passion for food and travel.