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Circle works : transforming eurocentric consciousness / Fyre Jean Graveline.

Summary:

" ... take up the challenge of bringing alternative teaching possibilities and strategies to the educational experience. Creatively combining aboriginal teachings with feminist and anti-racist theory and practice Dr. Graveline documents her daily lived experience ..." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 9781895686302 (pbk.)
ISBN: 189568630X (pbk.)
Physical Description: 304 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood, c1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-300) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Setting the terms -- Resistance retheorized : the native perspective -- Revitalizing a traditional worldview -- The model-in-use -- The eastern door : challenging eurocentric consciousness -- First voice as critical pedagogy -- The southern door : Introducing aboriginal spirituality into the classroom -- Talking circle as pedagogy -- The western door : Building community inside and outside the classroom -- Building our community connections -- Traditional community-building pedagogies -- The northern door : enacting change -- What to do? : "you must move and act" -- Learning from the trickster : the classroom as contested terrain -- Visioning : our future path.