Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Journal)
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Teaching For Understanding: Spotlighting the Blythe and Associates Pedagogical Model
No full textThis paper explains what we mean by understanding, particularly in order to achieve deep learning. To so do, the paper initially reviews the relevant literature produced by some of the major thinkers in the field of assessment and measurement. It places special emphasis on The Teaching for Understanding Framework developed by Tina Blythe and Associates which challenges standard practices regarding student evaluation. The paper then uses this model to discuss several strategies that we can use to teach for understanding. Finally, the paper concludes by articulating that while there is no one way to teach for understanding, the use of well researched frameworks offers opportunities for pedagogues to effectively teach in ways where goal setting and evaluation can be applied in order to achieve a deep understanding of the curricula topic under consideration
Insights into the autoethnographical story through juxtaposing Indigenous, education, healthcare and ethical dimensions
No full textComposing my autoethnographical story became a vast undertaking and an avenue to make known experiences of culture, health and family situated within a First Nation’s community. Unleashing the personal story within the cultural sociopolitical context in the autoethnographical form was realized to be a way to arouse genuine interest and to disrupt ingrained assumptions. In this article, perspectives garnered through the experiences of crafting an autoethnography as a doctoral nursing student and seeking ethical approval are delineated and challenged. Additionally, the intricacies of the autoethnographical story are depicted in association with Indigenous storytelling, ontology and relationality to further illuminate the decolonizing potential and relevance to culturally safe methodologies. This account may contribute to the growing acceptance, understanding and utilization of autoethnography within academia and beyond
Smile (snarl): A poem
No full textIn this poem, I examine issues of racial identity, Canadian identity, and racism through reflecting upon a lived confrontation. I question what it means to be Canadian and how our often limited understandings of the Canadian identity perpetuate the marginalization of some and the inclusion of others. This poem also addresses the ambivalence of living in the hyphen between two races. I consider how the challenges of defining our personal and national identities are often thrust upon us when we least expect it.
Mapping the Economic Landscape: Immigrant, Visible Minority & Indigenous Women in the Canadian Workplace
No full textAuthentic Learning in African Post-Secondary Education and the Creative Economy
No full textAuthentic learning is a branch of constructivism, a pedagogical approach that places the student at the center of the learning experience. This instructional model has undergone gradual adoption in first-world countries, with underdeveloped countries still struggling to implement a systematic approach for incorporating authentic learning in the classrooms. In the meantime, the global economy has evolved from an industrial, factory-based economy to one involving the manipulation of knowledge. Consequently, the implementation of authentic learning has assumed an increased importance within education systems around the world, especially at the post-secondary level, where instructors need to prepare new graduates for a modern, service-oriented workforce. Authentic learning teaches the required soft skills that students can transfer from one situation to another: collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, innovation, problem solving, and decision-making. In African countries, most teachers still use an instructivist, or teacher-centered approach to lesson planning and delivery, forcing students to learn through the memorization of isolated facts. This type of learning, which continues through all levels of education, leaves students unprepared for the twenty-first century workforce. Consequently, the following paper argues that African countries require a centralized and systematic approach for revising their education systems to promote authentic learning opportunities. The literature has enumerated the benefits to authentic learning, including enhanced motivation and learning outcomes for students as well as advantages for other stakeholders such as teachers. In addition to academic benefits, authentic learning also contains economic advantages by enhancing students’ readiness for the working world and citizenship duties as well as benefitting employers, individual sectors, and overall economies. Although Africa faces many hardships, including a paucity of resources, a wholesale revision of their education systems will ultimately prove advantageous in the long term. This modification requires the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders, starting with governments
