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    Indigenous Education Seminar

    What Seminar
    When 2008-03-27
    from 19:00 to 20:30
    Where SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre) Sauder Industries Policy Room #2270
    Contact Name Teresa Martin
    Contact Email ierg-ed@sfu.ca
    Contact Phone 778-782-4479
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    "Learning and Teaching in an Indigenous World: considerations for Teacher development and Curriculum development" by Dr. Lorna Williams, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning.

    This free, public, special topic seminar hosted by the Faculty of Education and IERG, will feature Dr. Lorna Williams, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning. With the help of the Canadian Council on Learning's Minerva Lecture Series, we are very pleased to be hosting Dr. Williams at our downtown campus.


    Abstract:

    This presentations will explore the challenges and opportunities of making space, finding place and locating Indigenous knowledge in teacher preparation programs, teacher development, curriculum and program development.

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    Bio (from CCL website):


    Dr. Lorna Williams is a member of the Lil’wat First Nation of Mount Currie, BC. She is the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning, an Assistant Professor in Aboriginal Education and Linguistics, and Program Director of Aboriginal Education at the University of Victoria. Before joining the University of Victoria, Lorna worked at the Ministry of Education as Director of the Aboriginal Education Enhancement Branch for three years where she directed research, policy development and implementation in all areas of education for Aboriginal students. Prior to this appointment, she worked as a First Nations Education Specialist with the Vancouver School Board. Lorna is a strong advocate committed to working with Aboriginal communities to increase the achievement of Aboriginal learners and to teach First Nations culture, heritage, traditions, and history to all students. Lorna received her doctorate in education at the University of Tennessee. Her research is in the area of teacher development and collaborative learning.

    Dr. Lorna WilliamsLorna has co-directed a series of videos called First Nations: The Circle Unbroken. She has written children’s books, teachers’ guides and developed Lil’wat language curriculum to teach people to read and write the Lil’wat language, which was exclusively oral until 1973. She has organized and trained teachers working in and outside the public school system in applications based on Feuerstein’s theory of structural cognitive modifiability and mediated learning.