Indigenous Futures: Forging New Educational Possibilities and Leadership for Social Change Through Decolonizing Learning Environments

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Program is a mid-career university-based leadership development program that strives for transformative change guided by principles and practices which have sustained generations of First Peoples. The values, behaviours and knowledge systems that have sustained Indigenous communities set Indigenous-led approaches to social change aside from others. Central to this is the critical role of relationships, and the fabric of kinship and cultural practices embedded within and across communities, including global communities. This session considers the curricula, pedagogical and evaluative approaches informing this decolonizing program and the broader global network of social change hubs of which it is part. The papers offer exemplars of innovative practice, identify dilemmas that arise, and outline fruitful lines of theorizing.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education

Chair

• Elizabeth McKinley, University of Melbourne

Papers

• Fostering Leadership for Social Equity Through Transformational Pedagogies: Comparative Perspectives on a Global Network - Julie E. McLeod, University of Melbourne

• Embedding Indigenous Knowledges in an Indigenous-Led Social Change Leadership Program: A Study of Placed-Based Curriculum - Elizabeth McKinley, University of Melbourne

• Implementing Project-Based Learning for Indigenous-Led Social Change: Navigating Relational Accountabilities - Nikki Moodie, University of Melbourne

• Toward Indigenous-Led Social Change: International Indigenous Evaluation Theory in Local Programmatic Practice - Fiona Belcher, University of Melbourne; Nikki Moodie, University of Melbourne

Discussant

• Linda T. Smith, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi