Re-storying Settler Teacher Education

Challenges and Possibilities for Truth and Reconciliation In Teacher Education: An Engagement with the Literature

“…,Riley (2019), andPartington (2002) frame their work in teacher education as anti-racist/anti-oppressive, arguing the possibilities for reconciliation require a deep understanding of racist and oppressive systems/structures. Through critical forms of pedagogy/narrativity,Brant-Birioukov et al (2019),Donald (2009Donald ( , 2012,Keliipio et al (2018),Kinzel (2020),Madden (2014), PoitrasPratt and Danyluk (2017), Rodríguez de France et al (2018),Scully (2015Scully ( , 2018Scully ( , 2020, andTaylor (2018) describe critical pedagogical approaches to teacher education that challenge dominant modes of teaching and learning, including the use of storytelling, Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation 47:2 (2024) www.cje-rce.ca land-based learning, and counter-narratives. In their work,Madden (2019),Morcom and Freeman (2018),Korteweg and Fiddler (2018), andPhillips and Whatman (2007) argue for approaches to teacher education that recognize, disrupt, and decolonize dominant knowledge systems.…”

“…-Birioukov et al (2019),Donald (2009Donald ( , 2012,Keliipio et al (2018),Kinzel (2020),Madden (2014), PoitrasPratt and Danyluk (2017),Taylor (2018), Rodríguez de France et al(2018),Scully (2015Scully ( , 2018Scully ( , 2020, andWiseman (2018) challenge Western logic and dominance, which seek to erase Indigenous narratives and knowledge. They advance critical forms of pedagogy as frameworks for education which explore and interrogate the reproduction and nuances of power and dominance as they exist in varying contexts, including curriculum, school structures, and pedagogical practices.Storytelling as praxis.In her study of how non-Indigenous students in an early childhood education diploma program experienced the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in their curriculum,Kinzel (2020) uses critical pedagogy as a theoretical framework supportive of reflection and action (praxis) that advances change and transformation within the context of storytelling engagement/encounter.…”