Working Towards an Enhanced Understanding of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learners
by Alberta Teachers' Association
This course material is only available in the iTunes U app on iPhone or iPad.
Course Description
This course is designed for administrators, teachers and support staff who wish to improve the educational outcomes for Aboriginal students by having a clearer understanding of Aboriginal identity, culture and history.
This course will provide a conceptual framework for all learners to enhance their understanding of the diverse Aboriginal cultures within their region, Canada and the world.
This course reflects a perspective that encompasses and integrates the past, present and future of Aboriginal peoples. This course will provide all with the opportunity to develop, explore and apply their own personal reflections on Aboriginal perspectives.
The resiliency of Aboriginal peoples’ cultural heritages and languages has promoted a survival of their nations. In spite of many challenges, the majority of Aboriginal peoples in Canada have maintained traditional beliefs and value structures within their cultural framework.
This course is based on Aboriginal worldviews and experiences, and incorporates the following concepts:
- Aboriginal Identity
- Aboriginal Culture and Language
- Understanding Aboriginal Histories
- Aboriginal Education: Past and Present
- Worldviews
- How Aboriginal Students Learn
- Supporting Aboriginal Learners in the Classroom
| Name | Description | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | 10OurWordsOurWay | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | Visual Report | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | Inuit_success_report | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | Supporting Aboriginal student success: self-esteem and identity, a living teachings approach | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | aboriginal ways of learning _ learning styles | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | publNorthAboriginalWorldview | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | Indigenous Worldviews, Knowledge, and Research | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | Microsoft Word - _b_ Chapter 1.doc | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | spirituality | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | Supporting Aboriginal Learners in the Classroom | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | How Aboriginal Students Learn | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | Worldviews | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | Aboriginal Education | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | Understanding Aboriginal Histories | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | Aboriginal Culture | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | Document3 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | Medicine Wheel | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | Medicine Wheel.ppt | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | Medicine Wheel.ppt | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | Issue Based Reading Study | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | *Historical Artifact Based Learning | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | Supporting Aboriginal Learners in the Classroom | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | Muffins for Granny Guidance Questions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | Rabbit Proof Fence Guidance Questions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | Reel Injun Guidance Questions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | Self Probing Questions | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | 01Berry1999 | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | Gudeh: We are Speaking Dene Zhatie ( South Slavey) | An Introduction to the Dehcho Dene Language The Deh Cho Friendship Centre is pleased to present this interactive resource to learn basic Dene Zhatie ( South Slavey) for ages 3 and up, with audio and images of the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories of Canada. Watch demonstrations of traditional cultural activities performed by community members, hear the language in use, learn basic sounds and words of Dene Zhatie in an entertaining environment developed for children, but of interest to all ages. - Learn the sounds of the Dene Zhatie alphabet, and basic words like colors, numbers, food and more with short entertaining video clips - Designed to be easy to use and appealing to small children - See and hear the language in use by Dehcho community members - Watch demonstrations of traditional activities such as preparing country foods, beading, drumming while learning the language - See images and video of the beautiful Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories and its communities - An online version of the resource is available at Gudeh.com for use on desktop computers and laptops Notes: Application is designed to be used in landscape orientation and for use with IOS6 and above. Resource does not require an internet connection once installed to view content. An online version of the resource is available at Gudeh.com for use on desktop computers and laptops | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | Our Story | A collection of original stories written by some of the country’s most celebrated Aboriginal writers, and inspired by pivotal events in the country’s history. Inspired by history, Our Story is a beautifully illustrated collection of original stories from some of Canada’s most celebrated Aboriginal writers. Asked to explore seminal moments in Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective, these ten acclaimed authors have travelled through our country’s past to discover the moments that shaped our nation and its people. Drawing on their skills as gifted storytellers and the unique perspectives their heritage affords, the contributors to this collection offer wonderfully imaginative accounts of what it’s like to participate in history. From a tale of Viking raiders to a story set during the Oka crisis, the authors tackle a wide range of issues and events, taking us into the unknown, while also bringing the familiar into sharper focus. Our Story brings together an impressive array of voices — Inuk, Cherokee, Ojibway, Cree, and Salish to name just a few — from across the country and across the spectrum of First Nations. These are the novelists, playwrights, journalists, activists, and artists whose work is both Aboriginal and uniquely Canadian. Brought together to explore and articulate their peoples’ experience of our country’s shared history, these authors’ grace, insight, and humour help all Canadians understand the forces and experiences that have made us who we are. Maria Campbell • Tantoo Cardinal • Tomson Highway • Drew Hayden Taylor • Basil Johnston • Thomas King • Brian Maracle • Lee Maracle • Jovette Marchessault • Rachel Qitsualik From the Hardcover edition. | -- | $11.99 | View in iTunes |
| 30 | The Dawn of Canadian History: A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada | We always speak of Canada as a new country. In one sense, of course, this is true. The settlement of Europeans on Canadian soil dates back only three hundred years. Civilization in Canada is but a thing of yesterday, and its written history, when placed beside the long millenniums of the recorded annals of European and Eastern peoples, seems but a little span. But there is another sense in which the Dominion of Canada, or at least part of it, is perhaps the oldest country in the world. According to the Nebular Theory the whole of our planet was once a fiery molten mass gradually cooling and hardening itself into the globe we know. On its surface moved and swayed a liquid sea glowing with such a terrific heat that we can form no real idea of its intensity. As the mass cooled, vast layers of vapour, great beds of cloud, miles and miles in thickness, were formed and hung over the face of the globe, obscuring from its darkened surface the piercing beams of the sun. Slowly the earth cooled, until great masses of solid matter, rock as we call it, still penetrated with intense heat, rose to the surface of the boiling sea. Forces of inconceivable magnitude moved through the mass. | -- | $3.99 | View in iTunes |
| 31 | Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education | The revised edition of Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education takes a fresh look at the challenges and achievements that have occurred for both teachers and students in this significant area of education since the book’s original release in 2003.  Experts in various fields provide well researched and strongly argued chapters on family, language, health, attendance, classroom management and the criminal justice system. Although there are no easy answers, the authors present programs and approaches that work, ensuring the updated edition of this book remains an invaluable reference.  Examining the impact of initiatives such as the Shared Responsibility Agreements, the Follow the Dream program, the NT Intervention, Noel Pearson’s blueprint for educational reform on Cape York, and drawing on data from numerous sources including the MySchool website, Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education provides a comprehensive look at the effects on Indigenous students of these reform efforts. | -- | $29.99 | View in iTunes |
| 32 | Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms (Educating Young Children About Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples) | The 2005 International Focus issue of Childhood Education focused on the education of aboriginal and indigenous children. Guest Editor Jyotsna Pattnaik located too many excellent articles on that important topic to include in one issue. Therefore, she will continue to provide these theme-related articles, here and in future issues. Seven and Josh were busy working in the art area of the classroom. They had assembled paper, scissors, markers, tape, and glue. As I came over to watch them work on their elaborate project, Josh looked up and informed me that he was making guns. Indeed, he had already assembled two realistic-looking holsters. I decided to probe a bit, asking him why he was making guns. | -- | $5.99 | View in iTunes |
| 33 | On the Land | It is from the land that the Native peoples of Canada draw their strength. If the people of Quebec claim a right to sovereignty, Inuit of Quebec argue their right of self-determination empowers them with the choice to remain part of Quebec, of Canada or to secede on their own. The James Bay Cree consider Hydro Quebec’s "mad plans to engineer and dam the vast ecosystem" where they have lived for centuries an affront to their own right to control their land. The Labrador Innu are struggling with both the federal and provincial governments to protect their traditional hunting territories from threats imposed by military training flights and mineral exploration. All of these are challenges. As the Native peoples of Canada are meeting them, asserting their right to make choices for themselves, they stand steadfastly "on the land" from which flow their inherent rights to self-determination. "We are not willing to be bystanders and spectators. We are not willing to have our political status once again determined by others." – Zebedee Nungak, President of Makivik, representing Inuit of Northern Quebec "Great Whale is only a symptom. The attempted dispossession of my people, and the purported extinguishment of our rights, is the cause." – Matthew Coon Come, Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Cree "The real solution to the problems that face the Innu people is recognition by Canada and Newfoundland of our rights, rights to our land and our way of life. We can not and will not settle for anything less." – Daniel Ashini, Director of Innu Rights and Environment for the Innu Nation | -- | $7.99 | View in iTunes |
| 34 | The Dawn of Canadian History | Stephen Leacock shot to popular acclaim as a humor writer prone to penning absurdist vignettes and other mirthful morsels. However, he was trained as a political economist and spent much of his life working in this and several other academic disciplines. The collaborative volume The Dawn of Canadian History showcases Leacock's strengths as a scholar and thinker. | -- | $3.99 | View in iTunes |
| 35 | Landscapes of Indigenous Performance | This collection shows how traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control in the past and more recently to other external forces beyond local control. It looks at musical pasts and presents as a continuum of creativity; at contemporary cultural performance as a contested domain; and at cross-cultural issues of recording and teaching music and dance as experienced by Indigenous leaders and educators and non-Indigenous researchers and scholars.  | -- | $41.99 | View in iTunes |
| 36 | Conceptual Frameworks of Culture | -- | -- | Free | View in iTunes |
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