EDUC-410 - Language and Cultural Identity in Indigenous Adult Education - 3.00 Credits
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Course Details
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This course focuses on developing foundational intercultural adult education competencies. Learners will have the opportunity to explore language and cultural identity in learning models, research and approaches to learning. Emphasis is placed on the knowledge and skills required to foster curriculum that promotes the co-creation of knowledge in inclusive Indigenous adult learning spaces. Learners will explore how one's positionality impacts their teaching praxis and consider how to address diverse individual and collective learning needs in Indigenous adult learning spaces. The importance of Indigenous standpoint theory, critical race theory and decolonization in Indigenous adult learning will be emphasized.
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Part of the:CAREER TRAINING (EDUCATION) Department
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Available/Required in the following Programs:Building Indigenous Theory Micro-Credential - Micro-Credentiaal Completion PlanIndigenous Adult Instructor Diploma - Certificate Completion Plan
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Prerequisites : ENGL-060 , English 12 or English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
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Course Outline
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Instructors Qualifications:
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Relevant Master's Degree
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Office Hours:
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1.5 per week
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Contact Hours:
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35
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Student Evaluation
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Assignments 50-70%, Final 30-50%, Total 100%. All grading procedures follow NVIT policy.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- describe foundational intercultural learning research;
- share about the importance of cultural identity in Indigenous adult education;
- explore their language and cultural identity, and why identity is important to their professional practice;
- describe and critically analyze how their self-location, self-identity, personal or collective epistemologies and belief systems influence their teaching and learning praxis;
- examine instructor and learner roles and responsibilities in Indigenous adult learning space;
- share the ethical responsibility to demonstrate cultural safety to group member diversity with regards to ethnicity, culture, spirituality, gender, self-location or positionality;
- practice positive role modelling in an Indigenous adult learning space;
- apply intercultural learning competencies to individual and collective learning needs; and
- analyze the role of Indigenous standpoint theory, critical race theory and decolonization in Indigenous adult learning.
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Transfer Credits:
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For more information visit: www.bctransferguide.ca
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