Experiences with Indigenous Education in College:  Stories from the Early Childhood Education Classroom

Kinzel, Cheryl A.

Experiences with Indigenous Education in College: Stories from the Early Childhood Education Classroom

dc.contributor.advisor	Poitras Pratt, Yvonne
dc.contributor.author	Kinzel, Cheryl A.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Kawalilak, Colleen
dc.contributor.committeemember	Simmons, Marlon
dc.date	2018-11
dc.date.accessioned	2018-09-20T20:56:56Z
dc.date.available	2018-09-20T20:56:56Z
dc.date.issued	2018-09-05
dc.description.abstract	Drawing from socio-constructivism, I work from the qualitative methodological approach of narrative inquiry through storytelling, oriented by critical pedagogy and informed by Indigenous methodology, in order to understand non-Indigenous adult learner perspectives in how Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing were experienced in the early childhood education (ECE) program at an urban post-secondary college in western Canada. Exploration and analysis of these stories through the lens of critical pedagogy and within a storytelling approach helped identify the participants’ initial transformative learning experiences with Indigenous knowledges and Reconciliation. Critical reflection on these themes led to the identification of several key findings: 1) the promise of transformative learning may be found in the students’ initial reflections en route to, 2) understanding reconciliation as an acceptance of the truths and realities of Canadian history, and 3) the necessity of experiencing Indigenous knowledges. Through the metaphor of building a nest, I see the promise of transformative learning as the foundation, or the sticks and twigs of this nest. The work of Reconciliation provides the string and the mud that, although messy, with perseverance can bind this nest together. Finally, Indigenous knowledges, or Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing, represent the contextual feathers that line this nest and provide a place of comfort.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kinzel, C. A. (2018). Experiences with Indigenous Education in College: Stories from the Early Childhood Education Classroom (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32967	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32967
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/107804
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.faculty	Werklund School of Education
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.publisher.place	Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	Indigenous Knowledges
dc.subject	Early Childhood Education
dc.subject	Reconciliation
dc.subject	Calls to Action
dc.subject	Critical Pedagogy
dc.subject	Transformative Learning
dc.subject	Adult Learning
dc.subject.classification	Education--Adult and Continuing	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Community College	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Curriculum and Instruction	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Early Childhood	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Higher	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Teacher Training	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Literature--Canadian (English)	en_US
dc.title	Experiences with Indigenous Education in College: Stories from the Early Childhood Education Classroom
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Educational Research
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Education (EdD)
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