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EDES 409 - Aboriginal Curriculum Perspectives

★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0) This course is designed to help educators better understand and interpret the significance of recent curricular initiatives in Alberta and across Canada that emphasize Aboriginal perspectives across subject areas and grade levels. The class will consider the philosophies and wisdom traditions of Aboriginal knowledge systems and the curricular and pedagogical implications of these. The class will also focus in on particular subject area concerns, individually and collectively, and consider the critical contributions that Aboriginal knowledge systems and perspectives could play in these classroom contexts. One of the unifying messages of this course is that Aboriginal curriculum perspectives provide a unique opportunity for teachers to creatively rethink and reframe their approaches to teaching and learning.