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Walking Forward: Learning From Place is a resource for educators looking for ideas on how to incorporate First People’s Principles of Learning (FPPL) into their classroom. It offers powerful examples of how teachers are intertwining an inquiry mindset and imagination to bring outdoor learning and an understanding of FPPL to their students. The goal of the resource is to support learning experiences in which students are making connections to Place.
In this resource, Place refers to the emotional and ancestral connections that include the physical landscape, language, resources, traditions, protocols and history to a specific area. The aim is to put Place at the center of a pedagogy out of which inquiry and imagination can spiral.
The examples provided in the resource focus on Nature Walks that help the students build a relationship with the land while focusing on their own curiosity and desire to learn. The walks are centered around imaginative education that brings Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing to the heart of teaching. The age range for the activities described is well suited for students from early elementary to middle school.
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Walking Forward: Learning from Place supports a variety of learning outcomes in Science, Art, Math and Social Studies. It is suited for those teachers looking to inject indigenous perspectives into outdoor learning experiences. It offers ideas that can be tailored to each teacher's particular teaching environment and offers a wide age range of applications.
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Themes Addressed
Citizenship (1)
- Community-Building and Participation
Ecosystems (2)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Interdependence
Indigenous Knowledge (2)
- Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing
- TEK -- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
