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Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit

Marie Battiste

Drawing on treaties, international law, the work of other Indigenous scholars, and especially personal experiences, Marie Battiste documents the nature of Eurocentric models of education, and their devastating impacts on Indigenous knowledge. Chronicling the negative consequences of forced assimilation, racism inherent to colonial systems of education, and the failure of current educational policies for Aboriginal populations, Battiste proposes a new model of education, arguing the preservation of Aboriginal knowledge is an Aboriginal right. Central to this process is the repositioning of Indigenous humanities, sciences, and languages as vital fields of knowledge, revitalizing a knowledge system which incorporates both Indigenous and Eurocentric thinking.

Book Details

  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2013
  • Pages: 223
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.80in - 0.70in - 0.75lb
  • EAN: 9781895830774
  • Categories: Student Life & Student AffairsIndigenous StudiesEducational Policy & Reform

About the Author

Battiste, Marie: - Marie Battiste is a citizen of the Mi'kmaq Nation of Potlotek First Nations and of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in Maine. She is professor emerita in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a widely published author and editor, an officer in the Order of Canada, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.