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Toward Justice: Indigenous Knowledge in Education Research and Praxis

Sat, April 9, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Two, Marquis Salon 16

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Current educational standards and assessments, based on political, usually normative strategies relying on “claims of universal (i.e. economic) knowledge” (Gustafson, 2009: 162), continue to marginalize Native and Indigenous people by devaluing Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS). In this panel we explore Indigenous Knowledge(s) that are always co-constructive and co-constructed processes (Bolin, 2006). We explore how the relational aspect of knowing(s) can be a broad base for healthy relationships. Learning what it means to be a person (gente) and a member of family and community life provides tremendous insight for community building in education. We also highlight how Indigenous Knowledge(s) are critically useful to educators by challenging the normative processes of schooling and widening narrow conceptions of what constitutes knowledge in schools.

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