Indigenous Education: New Directions in Theory and Practice

For Indigenous students and teachers alike, formal teaching and learning occurs in contested places. In Indigenous Education, leading scholars in contemporary Indigenous education from North America, New Zealand, and Hawaii disentangle aspects of colonialism from education to advance alternative philosophies of instruction. From multiple disciplines, contributors explore Indigenous education from theoretical and applied perspectives and invite readers to embrace new, informed ways of schooling. Part of a growing body of research, this is an exciting, powerful volume for Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers, researchers, policy makers, and scholars, and a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the contested spaces of contemporary education. Foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Contributors: Jill Bevan-Brown, Frank Deer, Wiremu Doherty, Dwayne Donald, Ngarewa Hawera, Margie Hohepa, Robert Jahnke, Patricia Maringi G. Johnston, Spencer Lilley, Daniel Lipe, Margaret J. Maaka, Angela Nardozi, Katrina-Ann R. Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira, Wally Penetito, Michelle Pidgeon, Leonie Pihama, Jean-Paul Restoule, Mari Ropata-Te Hei, Sandra Styres, Huia Tomlins-Jahnke, Sam L. No‘eau Warner, K. Laiana Wong, Dawn Zinga

Table of Contents:
Expanding the Indigenous Education Agenda A Foreword LINDA TUHIWAI SMITH Opening Contested Spaces and Expanding the Indigenous Education Agenda SANDRA STYRES, DAWN ZINGA, SPENCER LILLEY & HUIA TOMLINS-JAHNKE I Vision / Theoretical Approaches to Indigenous Education 1 Education Through Paideia The Contested Space of the Indigenous Psyche MARGARET J. MAAKA 2 Pathways for Remembering and (Re)cognizing Indigenous Thought in Education Indigenizing Teacher Education and the Academy SANDRA STYRES 3 Kaupapa Māori within the Academy Negotiating Sites of Struggle LEONIE PIHAMA 4 Contested Spaces Indigeneity and Epistemologies of Ignorance HUIA TOMLINS-JAHNKE 5 Homo Economicus and Forgetful Curriculum Remembering Other Ways to Be a Human Being DWAYNE DONALD II Relationships / Negotiating Contested Spaces 6 Contested Places in Education The Radical Potential for “Being Māori” WALLY PENETITO 7 He Pelapela anei ka ‘Ōlelo a ka Hawai‘i? Contested Values in Language Revitalization K. LAIANA WONG & SAM L. NO‘EAU WARNER 8 Wisdom Maps Metaphors as Maps KATRINA-ANN R. KAPA‘ANAOKALAOKEOLA NAKOA OLIVEIRA 9 What’s in a Name? Contested Eponyms SPENCER LILLEY 10 Contested Spaces of Indigenization in Canadian Higher Education Reciprocal Relationships and Institutional Responsibilities MICHELLE PIDGEON III Knowledge / Practice and Pedagogy 11 Confronting Indigenous Identities in Transcultural Contexts FRANK DEER 12 Preparing Teachers for Indigenous Language Immersion Classrooms MARGIE HOHEPA & NGAREWA HAWERA 13 Teaching as the Creation of Ethical Space Indigenous Student Learning in the Academy/University DAWN ZINGA 14 Exploring Teacher Candidate Resistance to Indigenous Content in a Teacher Education Program JEAN-PAUL RESTOULE & ANGELA NARDOZI 15 Kia Mahi Hei Waewae Mo Te Atawhai MARI ROPATA-TE HEI IV Action / New Directions in Indigenous Education 16 Improving Special Needs Education for Māori Children Concepts, Principles, and a Promising Program JILL BEVAN-BROWN 17 Maintaining Indigeneity within Education and Broader Contexts WIREMU DOHERTY 18 Essentially Māori A Māori Art Paradigm ROBERT JAHNKE 19 Indigenous Knowledge Systems as the Missing Link in Scientific Worldviews A Discussion on Western Science as a Contested Space DANIEL LIPE 20 Is “Space” the Final Frontier? Talking Forward Indigenous Frameworks in Education PATRICIA MARINGI G. JOHNSTON Closing Drawing the Threads of Contested Spaces SPENCER LILLEY, HUIA TOMLINS-JAHNKE, SANDRA STYRES & DAWN ZINGA Contributors

About the Author :
Huia Tomlins-Jahnke (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toa Rangātira, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Hine) is Professor of Maori and Indigenous Education and Director of Te Mata o Te Tau: The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University. Sandra Styres is of Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), English and French descent and resides on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Education with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE, University of Toronto. Her research interests specifically focus on Indigenous Land-centred philosophies and education. Spencer Lilley (Te Atiawa, Muaūpoko, and Ngāpuhi) is a Senior Lecturer at Te Pūtahi a Toi, the School of Māori Art, Knowledge, and Education at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. His research interests focus on Indigenous information behaviour. Dawn Zinga is a Canadian of several-generations-removed European descent. She is a Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University. She has had the privilege of working with a number of Indigenous scholars, communities, and youth. Her research interests include Indigenous pedagogies and practices, integration of Indigenous approaches to teaching and learning in higher education, and cultural accommodation in schools.

Review :
"The volume editors have woven these chapters into a tapestry of research, meaning, and reflection that is cohesive and easy to follow. This work will be embraced widely and will further the evolution of an Indigenously-informed philosophy of education." "Indigenous Education documents the uphill battle against stand-pat public schooling. Anyone who stepped foot in a classroom as student or parent will find common ground with these eloquent critics.... Indigenous Education is compelling and frankly infuriating, but don’t take the editors’ word for it. Read your child’s textbook for yourself." "Indigenous Education is ... foundational. The collected chapters cover a broad range of experiences, education levels, and expertise, which makes it more practical for a general audience. This book would be a useful starting place for Indigenous educators looking for solidarity and inspiration for making changes to the systems in place... [This] book would be just as useful for a non-Native reader..." "Indigenous Education...is a timely and comprehensive text that allows the reader to explore the expanses of education through Native academic voices."