
Re-Storying Education
Decolonizing Your Practice Using a Critical Lens
Carolyn Roberts(Author)
Page Two Books, Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 14. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-77458-496-5 (ISBN)
Description
A local Indigenous education consultant named Carolyn Roberts is writing the book Re-Storying Education. She primarily works with teacher education programs in B.C. but her work has much broader applicability than that, and really the book reads as an incisive critique of the colonial education system we use in Western countries and especially Canada, with reflection and discussion questions for educators, and concrete tips on how to decolonise the classroom. It's a book that would be valuable for any educator, certainly in this country, at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels.
It's not a book on how to teach Indigenous content but rather how to decolonize the way you teach. It could include a chapter or two about decolonising the school structure too; e.g., not just classroom techniques but maybe also our sense of time in schools and so on. Ontario has just made Indigenous education mandatory for graduation, and 95% of the people teaching Indigenous content in Canadian schools are non-Indigenous, so she's going to add a chapter about how to do that effectively too.
It's not a book on how to teach Indigenous content but rather how to decolonize the way you teach. It could include a chapter or two about decolonising the school structure too; e.g., not just classroom techniques but maybe also our sense of time in schools and so on. Ontario has just made Indigenous education mandatory for graduation, and 95% of the people teaching Indigenous content in Canadian schools are non-Indigenous, so she's going to add a chapter about how to do that effectively too.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
BC
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77458-496-5 (9781774584965)
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Person
Carolyn Roberts is St'at'imc and Sto:lo from N'Quat'qua and Tzeachten Nations, and a member of the Squamish Nation. She is an assistant professor in the teacher education department at the University of the Fraser Valley. An educator and administrator for over twenty years in the K-12 system and post-secondary. Roberts works with school districts, educators, administrators, and pre-service educators to build their understanding of Indigenous pedagogy, education, and history. She is a gifted storyteller and keynote speaker. She lives on the unsurrendered lands of the Kwantlen, Katzie, and Semiahmoo Peoples (Surrey, British Columbia).