Using interdisciplinary approaches from Home

Economicseducation as a

pedagogical strategy for cross cultural andAboriginal education courses in a teacher education programIFHE Pre-Council Symposium 2014

Sunday July 20th, 2014Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the

International Year of the FamilyJuly 20th – 24th, 2014

Brescia University, London, Ontario, CanadaMarlene Atleo, PhD, PHEc (Man.), University of

Manitoba?eh ?eh naa tuu kwiss, Ahousaht First Nation, Nuu-

chah-nulth

• OVERVIEW

• Inter-disciplinarity in 2 Year Post Baccalaureate Teacher Education Program

• Mandatory Aboriginal perspectives course for credential

• http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/as-sa/99-011-x/99-011-x2011001-eng.cfm

• teaching pedagogy strategies informed by interdisciplinary of family sciences. based in the bio-psycho-social, economic and philosophy.  

• systems foundation practice of family resource management

• multiple cultures in Canada in the microcosm of the classroom.

• Anchored in:• mobility of Indigenous families/ • devaluation of Indigenous worldviews/cultural • Inter-disciplinarity less confining than other disciplines

• Met my needs moving from remote/indigenous to urban/scientific worldview.

• I will present theory developed over the years that provides a blue print for two-eyed seeing in a third space that provides a conceptual framework that has both structural and dynamic means to move between worlds.

Mandatory Aboriginal perspectives course

for teaching credential

• Ministry of Education Aboriginal Directorate

• Action Plan - http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/abedu/action_plan/index.html

• Western Canadian Protocol http://www.wncp.ca/english/subjectarea/fnmi.aspx

• Aboriginal Perspectives into Curriculumhttp://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/policy/abpersp/ab_persp.pdf EDUA 1500/EDUB1602

Vaines’ Philosophy• Pragmatics of Chas. Pierce pragmatism is not worldview but a method of reflexion(1902) - a way to look at issues in systems contexts (substantive)

• Abductive -logic of discovery is usually modeled by abductive reasoning,give evidence for, inference to the best explanation, logical inference that goes from observation to a hypothesis that accounts for the reliable data (observation) and seeks to explain relevant ...

• Adductive – bring forward an argument or element to make a case

• Proofs are examples of deductive reasoning

OfficialEuroheritagePerspective

First Nations/AboriginalPerspectives

Atleo, 2006

Dialectic of Phenomenological Orienteering

between Cultural Heritage – Metaphorical

Mapping

Land WaterPeople ForestsBison WhalesLanguage StoriesRelationsHistory

Source domainSource domain

Target domainTarget domain

Target domainTarget domain

Source domainSource domain

Diversity perspectives Across curriculum &

streams• Cross cultural education• EAL • Disabilities/Inclusive education• Shifting demographics requires systems of education to mediate developmental tendencies and transitions to create social coherence

Two-Worldviews Education Perspective –

Euroheritage

Socialization/

TrainingSocialization/

TrainingWorldviewLanguage

Oral TraditionCultural ideology

TechnologiesInstitutionsTerritoriesPerspectives

First Nations/

Inuit/MétisSocialization /TrainingWorldviewLanguage

Oral TraditionCultural ideology

TechnologiesInstitutionsTerritoriesPerspectives

Atleo, 2006

Recognition of Treaty and

Aboriginal/Indigenous Rights because of demographics/normsOffice of Manitoba Treaty Commissioner

Cross Canada parallels – historical 1.4 mil total18% of Manitoba population Aboriginal ancestryIn Ontario slightly more 242,000 but are only 2.5% of population; Median age of Ab. Population ~ 21 yrs, non-Ab population ~ 40.Service needs diverse re: distributionIntegration lacking at philosophical level a barrier

Wampum Belt Treaties: Pre-confederation

Treaties• Two –row wampum basis of treaties of peace & friendship – both sides remain philosophically distincthttp://www.canadiancrown.com/treaty-of-niagara.html

Euroheritage: English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh/Icela

ndic/ Dutch/German/Polish/Hungarian/Ukrainian/French/Italian/Belgium/Swiss

/etcWorldviews

LanguageOral Traditions

Cultural ideologyTechnologiesInstitutionsTerritoriesPerspectives

First Nations/Métis/Inuit:Aboriginal/Indigenous:Cree/Ojibwa/6 Nations/Lakota/Blackfoot/Okanagan/Stóló/Nisgaa/Haida/Heiltsuk/Ahousaht/etcWorldviewsLanguagesOral TraditionsCultural ideologiesTechnologiesInstitutionsTerritoriesPerspectives Atleo,2006Atleo,2006

De/evolving Social

Interfaces

Historical Evolution of the Zone of

Aboriginal/Settler Relations

Assimilationist model

Accommodationist model

Dialogic, constructivist model