Browsing by Author "Lalonde, Solange"

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    Designing and Sharing Relational Space Through Decolonizing Media
    (University of Calgary, 2016-05) Poitras Pratt, Yvonne; Lalonde, Solange; Werklund School of Education
    As Indigenous educators who share a passion for innovative approaches using instructional media, we are inspired to explore the ways in which technology can support teaching and learning from Indigenous perspectives. Several scholars advocate the use of technology in reclamation of First Peoples’ voices, stories and other ways of knowing (Ginsburg, 2000; Iseke-Barnes, 2002; Dyson, Hendriks & Grant, 2007). Reflecting social constructionism, we believe media can be designed to build educator capacity within these special interest areas. By highlighting work that is currently underway within Indigenous education, we invite readers to imagine their own possibilities for transformative and decolonizing pedagogy.
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    The Relational Model for Teaching and Learning
    (2017) Lalonde, Solange; Poitras Pratt, Yvonne
    This thesis presents a learning-centred model where the goals and measures of success align in the process of teaching and learning. The education system in Alberta requires an alternative to using racial identity as a factor in measuring success. This thesis is a non-traditional creative research design which uses métissage as a research praxis to introduce the Relational Model for Teaching and Learning (RMTL). The RMTL is presented in the form of a professional learning guide to reflect a philosophy for teaching and learning that empowers educators to use a qualitative narrative approach to reporting achievement in their professional learning and in the practice of teaching and learning. This thesis represents a practical application and approach to designing and implementing professional learning for educators across multiple contexts and disciplines. As a method for decolonizing education, the RMTL offers an entry point to creating relational spaces for teaching and learning.