Narrative Life : Democratic Curriculum and Indigenous Learning / by Neil Hooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooley, Neil.

Series:

Explorations of Educational Purpose, 1875-4457 ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Sociology of Education.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2009.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written with educational practitioners in mind and set in a framework of progressive epistemology and pedagogy, this work tackles issues of global concern. It seeks to answer the question of how we structure education for the world’s 370 million indigenous people so as to promote intercultural understanding, maximize opportunity and right colonial wrongs. Hooley’s work details an innovative curriculum design for indigenous school children based on the principles of participatory narrative inquiry, as well as exemplars of indigenous knowledge. Written from an Australian perspective, the book discusses broad international issues that impact on schooling such as globalisation, democratic education and whiteness and raises significant questions regarding indigenous culture and knowledge. Taking inspiration from the works of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, Hooley asserts that a curriculum based on participatory narrative inquiry recognises and respects the interests and rights of local indigenous communities. Further, it provides a mechanism for linking with white mainstream curricula through the compilation of portfolios of student work and exemplars of knowledge across all subjects areas. This model views formal schooling as a central aspect of a child’s personal, family and community narrative and does not impose knowledge from without, but constructs knowledge from within. Learning is given an indigenous context and thus two-way inquiry between cultural viewpoints is encouraged. Narrative Life makes an original contribution to indigenous education worldwide, and does so across all settings of primary and secondary schooling.

Contents:

Context

Global Trends and Indigenous Challenges

Building Democracy

Confronting Whiteness

Education, Being and Identity

Community

Indigenous Education

Self-Determination

Culture and Environment

National and International Insights

Commitment

Indigenous Literacy and Epistemology

Two-Way Inquiry Learning

Participatory Narrative Inquiry

Exemplars of Indigenous Knowledge and Practice

Change

Ambiguity and Indigenomathematics

Policy, Practice and Pedagogy

Education as Democratic Public Sphere.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612236068

9781282236066

1282236067

9781402097355

1402097352

OCLC:

405546187