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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Aboriginal Worldviews and Education by University of Toronto

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About the Course

Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education....

Top reviews

CB

Sep 14, 2021

This course was amazing, I first took Indigenous Canada and this was my 2nd course. I felt I had to learn all I can on these important and current issues - a better understanding is what we all need.

CB

Mar 25, 2021

I really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot. Thank you so much for the time and energy you put into creating it and providing it in this way so people from all over can enhance their learning.

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By Liz L

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Nov 11, 2021

Insightful - great course!

By Debabrata D

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Dec 28, 2022

Exceptionally Good Course

By Seema T

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Oct 10, 2020

Excellent and informative

By Taylor J P

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Jun 1, 2022

Amazing course !!!!!!!

By Alecia D

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Aug 18, 2022

learnt alot thank you

By Winston A W

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Dec 19, 2020

Excellent, thank you.

By N G

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Aug 3, 2022

Highly recommended!

By Jessica W

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Jul 16, 2020

Really informative!

By Eric M

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Oct 20, 2022

very informative

By Monika N

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Sep 20, 2020

simply brilliant

By Karen L

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Jun 5, 2022

awesome course

By Christine W

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Dec 15, 2020

great content

By Carine V

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Aug 9, 2022

très bon.

By Marcela A d M M

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Jul 4, 2021

Excellent!

By Gabriel A P

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Sep 14, 2017

Excellent!

By Bobby Q

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Jun 11, 2022

By Cheryl D

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Dec 2, 2020

I found the course very informative - especially the interviews and links to extra resources such as the 8th Fire videos - and I will definitely be doing more reading as there is so much to learn in this area. The importance of understanding that different peoples have different worldviews is vital to being able to work together and learn from one another.

An updated course would be nice as it was first offered in 2013, and there have been a lot of things going on since then.

My only critical comment is that I found it hard to find the additional resources that were mentioned - they don't seem to be linked to the lectures. And I discovered that Week 5 and Week 6 are actually where a lot of these things are located. If the course is updated, perhaps an update to where these resources can be found could be included.

By Michael O A

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Mar 1, 2023

I should have paid more attention to the technical aspect. I had a lot of questions but could not find anyone to talk to. Some key information that I did not have was in Week 6 on the forum requirements and replies. I also struggled with uploading my first assignment. A notice should be emailed when it is received. Also, there was a notice about a missed assignment but it never stated the assignment or requirement. It was difficult to keep track of my forum and reply input as the course seems to span over a few years.

In any event, it was a challenge and a very good course well worth the time and effort. Thank you for allowing me to participate in the course.

Mike O. Alexander

By Ciara L

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Aug 8, 2022

Fascinating course! A couple of broken links though and it was difficult to find some of the suggested resources. Some were at the end of the videos. Others were buried in the forums. One of the weeks directed people to leave their answers in the wrong week's forum. Could do with a clean up and updated links. Would help to have a separate folder where each week's resources are placed in folders titled by week. Otherwise I'm so glad to have learned what I did! I moved to Canada 6 years ago from Ireland and should have taken this course years ago.

By Martin O

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Dec 7, 2020

This course could perhaps use a refresh, of its links especially, but also to give comparative historical stats on access to aboriginal education access and graduation, and to include current advances in aboriginal colleges, curriculum and teacher training. This course, at over eight years old, is actually a history. It presents events and our past state of worldview discord, how far we've come since, and how slowly we have moved. As Canada's rehabilitation drags on, the course becomes a sad commentary.

By Irene Y

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Feb 13, 2022

The course was very interesting and helped me understand a lot more about the challenges of the residential schools and how limiting the Inidan Act is to indigenous peoples.

I did not realize that the week 6 materials were related to the earlier weeks of the course. I watched them after completing all of the work. It would have been good to see the screenside chats right after each week. Adding a link to to the chat after the weekly videos would have been helpful.

By Kyle T

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Jan 7, 2019

Some missing or broken links made accessing some of the material more difficult. While a quick google search was usually sufficient to find what was missing there was one exception, where a free copy of the chapter reading was not readily accessible.

The information in the course was quite interesting and I enjoyed the interviews/special guests. I hope you keep up the great work making this kind if education accessible for more Canadians.

By asith. c

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Jul 26, 2021

Very insightful. It is an eye opener to learn about indigenous world views. There is lot to learn and integrate about the learning approaches (Education) by indigenous people of early and pre-contact. To name a few would be to learn from nature and to care for it, personal connection between the teacher (elder, parent..) and learner, to look within for the answers, to learn through experiences, non-interference (to an extent) and so on

By Stuart R

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Jan 22, 2024

A very interesting course, well presented by the teacher in short video segments, and supported by interesting and accessible online resources. The course includes some academic perspectives and this aspect could have been a bit more developed. However, on the whole, the course provides an excellent introduction to indigenous worldviews and this is reflected in both content and delivery.

By Nora S

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Jul 13, 2023

Excellent! Although this course has some years and some of the content may not be totally relevant today (some statistics, for example) or doesn’t account for more recent frameworks (the Calls to Action, for example), I found a large part of the course to be very meaningful and helpful to advance my understanding on how I can embed Indigenous content and perspectives in our curriculum.