At our “Meet the People” evening this week, I gave some examples of the Aboriginal Education focus in our school district.

From the First Peoples Principles of Learning:

Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships); and a sense of place

You can read the rest of the Principles by clicking here.

From Ways to Weave Aboriginal Ways of Knowing into Curriculum:

Build on all students’ self-identity (name, where you come from and who our relatives and Elders are). All people need to be connected to their culture to be successful.

From Place-based Thinking Concepts:

In Aboriginal communities, men, women, and children all had their roles. Grandparents were looked after by their families and children learned from all adults by watching, listening and doing.