Division K Critical Dialogues. Indigenous Education: Teaching and Teacher Education as Decolonial Praxis

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Over the last two decades, critical Indigenous theories have increasingly informed the field of
Indigenous Education, influencing educators and scholars to rethink the process and purpose of
schooling in ways that are transformative, sustainable, and lead to social change and decolonial
praxis in Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities have unique needs, concerns, and
values that must be acknowledged in the process of teaching. For Indigenous peoples, this work
is intricately and deeply connected to a decolonizing and restorative process that is both personal and structural—rooted in relations to place, land, ancestors, and stories of emergence/existence. This panel will focus on the intersection of Indigenous teaching and teacher education and community-based partnerships that are grounded in critical Indigenous theories and pedagogies.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Jeremy Garcia, University of Arizona

Speakers

• Valerie J. Shirley, The University of Arizona

• Jeremy Garcia, University of Arizona

• Jan Hare, The University of British Columbia

• Mere Berryman, University of Waikato

• Danielle R. Lansing, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Discussant

• Filiberto Barajas-Lopez, University of Washington