Aboriginal Education Courses

ABED 4F84
Introduction to Aboriginal Adult Education
Introduction to Aboriginal ways of learning and constructing knowledge and the relationships between culture/education and learning/healing.
Facilitated discussion, 6 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ADED 4F84.

ABED 4F85
Aboriginal Curriculum Theory and Design
Introduction to an Aboriginal approach to creating curriculum through a community-based developmental model. Topics include decolonization, relationship between learning and healing, learning outcome development and global Indigenous trends in education.
Facilitated discussion, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to Aboriginal Adult Education.
Prerequisite(s): ABED (ADED) 4F84 or permission of the Director.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ADED 4F85.

ABED 4F86
Aboriginal Ways of Teaching and Learning
Issues in Aboriginal and mainstream adult education including learning styles, evaluation, storytelling, experiential learning and lesson planning.
Facilitated discussion, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to Aboriginal Adult Education.
Prerequisite(s): ABED (ADED) 4F85 or permission of the Director.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ADED 4F86.

ABED 4F87
Aboriginal Leadership Issues
Relationship between the colonial experience and contemporary Aboriginal leadership; contemporary policy-making processes and the wider role of the Aboriginal trainer/teacher in our communities.
Facilitated discussion, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to Aboriginal Adult Education.
Prerequisite(s): ABED (ADED) 4F86.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ADED 4F87.

ABED 4F88
Aboriginal Teacher Development
Reflective theory and practice through a series of hands-on activities designed to encourage both professional renewal and awareness of self as Aboriginal teacher and learner.
Facilitated discussion, 6 hours per week.
Restriction: open to students admitted to Aboriginal Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): ABED (ADED) 4F87 or permission of the Director.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ADED 4F88.