Teaching Tradition Teaches Us
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Teaching of Indigenous traditions in the context of an Aboriginal counselling pro gram located in a Eurocentric university context can be viewed as both exemplary and contradictory. This article documents how we at the First Nations and Aboriginal Degree Program (FNAC) are challenged to excel at revitalizing tradition al healing and teaching strategies while acknowledging the domination of Western theories and practices. Contradictions that have arisen in our daily lived experience of bringing tradition into a modern context are posed as lessons to learn from. Resolv ing these controversies on an ongoing basis evidences the struggles and successes of FNAC as a modelofexemplaryIndigenouseducation.
Source: Open Collections
Author: Graveline, Fyre Jean
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W183897331