The first two videos by Dr. Susan Dion address her concept of the “perfect stranger” and idea that Simon takes up in her chapter in relation to non-Indigenous educators.
The third video features Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discussing ideas from her book “Dancing on our Turtle’s Back” and who Maya-Rose Simon refers to in her chapter as well. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, musician, author and poet.
https://vimeo.com/59543958
https://vimeo.com/59543959
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28u7BOx0_9k
- Does your pre-service education incorporate Indigenous learnings and practices? If not, why do you think this is the case?
- What are the benefits of Indigenous ways of knowing for all children in ECEC programs?
Chapter 3: Troubling Dominant Discourses and Stories that Shape our Understanding of the Child Refugee by Nidhi Menon. (for this one i attached the video watch it all and answer these questions)
- How can you understand agency in the context of the lived experiences of refugee children? Why is their agency considered ambiguous?
- How can you adopt a pedagogy of discomfort as a method of inquiry and action to confront personal biases and belief systems?