Group 2

Group Members

Andrea O'Brien
Shirley Tong
Yena Shin
Stephanie Gignac
Judy Tai
Rebecca Choi

"The Unsettling Pedagogy of History and Hope" by Regan P.

The article was an introduction to Regan's personal path to Decolonization while working with the reconcilliation process of the Indian Residential Schools. She presents a multitude of ideas from various articles, scholars and activists about her decolonization process, such as:

- Telling the history through story telling and connecting with the emotional aspect - pedagogy of hope: acknowledge the past and that we cannot change it, - “life-long commitment to anti-racism”: actively be aware of mistakes and take action towards amending these - aboriginal pedagogy: the responsibility of the story teller to share knowledge - transformative learning can only occur when “critical reflection and social action are part of the same process” - decolonization: using knowledge to crticially examine one's own belief set. ex. By challenging past views of Canada as a 'peacemaking' nation - looking into critical reflection to begin social change not just evoke in emotions as a listening

   - “ critical reflection and social action are part of the same process” (Regan, 22)
   - as a teller and listener need to be on same level for understanding for social change

Critical reflection:

- researcher learn “from the Other”, refered to as the 'Not-Knower', rather than “above the Other” - similar to our program, how there is a lot of self-reflecting in how we can expand our different perspectives, understanding other individuals, and carrying your own responsibility to the moral issues that we are in need to address within the classroom

   - also teaching our students how to think critically 
   - “the greatest distance is from your heart to your feet”

- the difference between showing social action through experiences and emotions - how does one get involved? How does one get involved in making these changes?

   - One way: for Aboriginals to contribute within this issue, to give opportunities in raising their voices

-education is not just transferring knowledge, but having critical learning, how individuals can make change in the world -the importance of having critical view within the classroom with the students and teachers themselves