Research summary
Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and pedagogies are often excluded from or marginalized in post-secondary classrooms. However, there is a movement afoot in Canada and internationally to include these aspects of Indigenous traditions in education.
As Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy, Dr. Jan Hare is examining the complex processes of learning to teach using Indigenous knowledge frameworks. To this end, she and her research team are focusing on instructor knowledge, beliefs and practices from across faculties and disciplines in higher education. Ultimately, they hope to establish evidence-informed practices for improving how instructors teach and students learn from Indigenous knowledge traditions.