Episode 8: Indigenous Wisdom for Teaching and Nourishing Children
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Description
What can Indigenous knowledge teach us about raising and educating children? Anishinaabe scholar Professor Jan Hare, from the M’Chigeeng First Nation and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, joins host Dr Sophie Specjal to explore how Indigenous principles can guide the way we care for and teach children. Professor Hare shares stories such as The Three Sisters, highlights the role of ceremony and learning with the land, and invites educators to see young children as ‘gifts.’ She also reflects on how these perspectives could help shape policy reforms in Australia.
Guests
Professor Jan Hare is a Anishinaabe scholar from the M’Chigeeng First Nation and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.