This book provides invaluable guidance for community, school and university-based educators who are evaluating their educational philosophies and practices to support Indigenizing education. The examples from Australia and Canada shared in this book illustrate how Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators have worked together to Indigenize their educational practices, showcasing community empowerment and reconciliation agendas. It also enables beginning educators to gain a meaningful and critical understanding of what Indigenizing education can mean in their own future practice.
Part 1 Indigenizing education: Understanding the importance.- 1 A dialogue around Indigenizing education and emerging themes.- Part 2 Indigenizing practice in community settings.- 2 Financial literacy education in a First Nation community in Canada: Educating for agency.- 3 Re-conceptualising Physical Health Education teacher education through Haudenosaunee values.- Part 3 Indigenizing practice in school settings.- 4 Community and school collaboration: Initiatives that enable Primary students to embed Indigenous Knowledges.- 5 Teaching Reconciliation and Treaty Education through a leveled reading series in Primary schools in Canada.- 6 How embedding Indigenous Knowledge Systems will help the teaching and learning of Western science to evolve.- Part 4 Indigenizing practice in university settings.- 7 Supporting Indigenization in Canadian Higher Education through Strong International Partnerships and Strategic Leadership: A case study of the University of Regina.- 8 Embedding Indigenous Knowledges in Australian pre-service teacher education: A process model.- 9 Indigenising the business curriculum at an Australian university.- 10 Conclusion.