Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place

This reflective, creative autoethnography explores an intercultural, dialogic pedagogy of transformative learning that has historically been taught as a teaching circle in indigenous communities. The focus is on what this alternative learning process means to a non-aboriginal learner, artist/teacher...

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Main Author: Olga Shugurova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nipissing University 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning
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Online Access:https://jual.nipissingu.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/02/v14284.pdf
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spelling doaj-34853c3c902e498b80c577210c110be42021-02-24T13:54:42ZengNipissing UniversityJournal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning1916-81282021-06-011529135Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with placeOlga Shugurova This reflective, creative autoethnography explores an intercultural, dialogic pedagogy of transformative learning that has historically been taught as a teaching circle in indigenous communities. The focus is on what this alternative learning process means to a non-aboriginal learner, artist/teacher, and whether the circle pedagogy can be collectively engaged in the classroom by non-aboriginal and aboriginal teachers/learners. Through a visual and poetic autoethnography, the researcher presents her thematic reflections on her learning experience. The study concludes that aboriginal and non-aboriginal teachers/learners may benefit from the teaching circle process because it is a participatory model of transformative education that is grounded in the holistic pedagogy of place.https://jual.nipissingu.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/02/v14284.pdfholistic educationplace-conscious learningalternative learningcreative autoethnography
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Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning
holistic education
place-conscious learning
alternative learning
creative autoethnography
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title Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
title_short Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
title_full Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
title_fullStr Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
title_full_unstemmed Transformative, Intercultural Learning from the Indigenous Teaching Circle: Creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
title_sort transformative, intercultural learning from the indigenous teaching circle: creative autoethnographic reflections on dialogic, holistic education with place
publisher Nipissing University
series Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning
issn 1916-8128
publishDate 2021-06-01
description This reflective, creative autoethnography explores an intercultural, dialogic pedagogy of transformative learning that has historically been taught as a teaching circle in indigenous communities. The focus is on what this alternative learning process means to a non-aboriginal learner, artist/teacher, and whether the circle pedagogy can be collectively engaged in the classroom by non-aboriginal and aboriginal teachers/learners. Through a visual and poetic autoethnography, the researcher presents her thematic reflections on her learning experience. The study concludes that aboriginal and non-aboriginal teachers/learners may benefit from the teaching circle process because it is a participatory model of transformative education that is grounded in the holistic pedagogy of place.
topic holistic education
place-conscious learning
alternative learning
creative autoethnography
url https://jual.nipissingu.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/02/v14284.pdf
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