In 2014, Dr. Hare was awarded the Professorship of Indigenous Education in Teacher education. The goals of this professorship are to:
- Enrich teacher education with Indigenous perspectives, histories and pedagogies through an integrated approach to teaching and research.
- Engage in professional development of in-service/practicing teachers so they are informed of the place of Indigenous peoples, histories, perspectives and pedagogies in their current teaching. This community engagement approach with teachers and schools will transform places of learning so vital to the success of Aboriginal learners.
- Extend professional development opportunities to our Education faculty.
Example of Activities:
Enhancing Practicum Through ReconciliACTION
The project brings together teacher candidates, school associates, and faculty advisors to plan, implement, and assess teaching and curriculum related to Aboriginal perspectives, content, and learning approaches as part of the practicum experience. It aims to enhance the practicum experience and contribute to sustainability of Indigenous ways of knowing in classrooms through supported mechanisms that include e-mentoring, coaching, and collaboration.
Indigenous Pedagogy Circle (IPC)
IPC brings together Education faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants to strengthen their understanding and commitments to pedagogies that foster critical cross-cultural learning and contribute to Indigenous frameworks of reconciliation, decolonization, and self-determination. The emphasis is on helping instructors understand the epistemological traditions that operate behind Indigenous education teaching practices so they may apply these to their own coursework.
The goals of the IPC are to:
- Share pedagogical innovations and promising practices that support Indigenous pedagogies in classroom teaching.
- Facilitate dialogue about the possibilities, challenges, and dilemmas for Indigenous pedagogies in teaching and learning.
- Support teaching practices that respond to curricular and pedagogical agendas of decolonization, reconciliation, anti-racism, and self-determination.