Indigenous Learning Lists PDF

Indigenous Learning Indigenous Learning Indigenous Styles Approaches Approaches to Conflict Resolution 1. Allow for ample observation and 1. Field experience 1. Make bringing everyone back into imitation rather than verbal 2. Cooperative learning community the main objective. instruction. 3. Intrinsic motivation 2. Widen the circle of blame and 2. Also allow students to take their time 4. Student ownership of subject matter involvement to include all possible before attempting a task so that the 5. Critical reflection individuals who may have some chances for success are higher even 6. Intuitive work influence on the problem or the on the first effort. solution. 7. Visualizations and dream work 3. Make the group more important than 8. Honoring student pace 3. Use ample and appropriate humor the individual as often as possible in 9. Using song and music throughout the process. terms of both the learning process and 10. Honoring place 4. Appeal to a universal sense of love learning goals. 11. Using natural world as teacher and power that connects all 4. Emphasize cooperation versus 12. Involving community participants. competition whenever possible. 13. Doing activism and serving others 5. Discuss cognitive dissonance in ways 5. Make learning holistic rather than 14. Remembering that everything is that show it is human to react to it. sequential and analytic. Spend more connected/related 6. Avoid punishments and instead seek time in dialogue talking about the big 15. Using humor whenever possible honorable reciprocity. picture associations before looking at 16. Employing wellness/fitness 7. Refer when possible to the non-human details. considerations kingdoms for metaphors. 6. Use imagery as often as possible. 17. Using peer teaching Einstein wrote that “imagination is 18. Allowing for observation rather than more powerful than knowledge,” and participation Indigenous education takes advantage 19. Using storytelling prolifically and of this fact. From Teaching Truly by Four Arrows (p71) interactively that is related to the 7. Make learning connect to meaningful students’ world contexts and real life. 20. Being aware of sustainability issues in 8. Be willing to allow spontaneous the class, school and home learning opportunities to change pre- environment planned lessons. 9. De-emphasize letter grading and standardized evaluations and use authentic narrative assessments that emphasize whet is actually working best and what needs more work. From Teaching Truly by Four Arrows (p79-80) From Teaching Truly by Four Arrows (p70-71)