Abstracts
Abstract
The Inuit Bachelor of Education (IBED) program in Labrador is a partnership between the Nunatsiavut Government (NG) and Memorial University of Newfoundland. It is preparing teachers to be key participants in NG’s education system. The IBED students and Sylvia Moore, the lead faculty member in the program, have based this paper on a collaborative presentation. The writers explore the tensions between the current provincial curriculum offered in the regional schools and a curriculum that is founded on Inuit history, culture, and worldview, restores the central role of the Inuit language, and is community-based as recommended in the 2011 National Strategy on Inuit Education. The students discuss four key threads of culturally relevant education: land, language, resources, and local knowledge. Moore reflects on how the IBED program incorporates these same elements to support Inuit identity and the developing pedagogy of the pre-service teachers.
Résumé
Le programme de baccalauréat inuit en éducation (IBED) au Labrador est un partenariat entre le gouvernement du Nunatsiavut (NG) et l’Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve. Il prépare les enseignants à devenir des participants clés du système éducatif de NG. Les étudiants de l’IBED et Sylvia Moore, le principal membre du corps professoral du programme, ont basé ce document sur une présentation collaborative. Les auteurs explorent les tensions entre le programme provincial actuel offert dans les écoles régionales et un programme fondé sur l’histoire, la culture et la vision du monde inuit ; qui redonne un rôle central à la langue inuit et qui se base sur la communauté, tel que recommandé dans la Stratégie nationale sur l’éducation des Inuit de 2011. Les étudiants discutent de quatre éléments clés de l’éducation culturellement pertinente : le territoire, la langue, les ressources et le savoir local. Moore réfléchit sur la façon dont le programme IBED incorpore ces mêmes éléments pour soutenir l’identité inuit et le développement de la pédagogie dans la formation initiale des enseignants.
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