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Learning with Indigenous wisdom in a time of multiple crises: embodied and emplaced early childhood pedagogies
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Learning with Indigenous wisdom in a time of multiple crises: embodied and emplaced early childhood pedagogies

Jenny Ritchie and Louise Gwenneth Phillips
Educational Review , Vol.75(1), pp.54-73
2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.1978396
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Abstract

Adultism climate crises embodiment Indigenous worldviews Early childhood education Global Indigenous studies peoples, society and community Mōhiotanga Māori (Māori knowledge) Pedagogy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge
In this position paper we consider the significance of global climate activism by children and young people in the light of ongoing western adult-centric policies and educational practices that largely continue to exclude Indigenous perspectives. Reflecting on the implications of this hegemony in the face of the convergent crises of climate and COVID-19 and concomitant exacerbations of social inequities, we acknowledge the impact of this reality on the emotional wellbeing of children, young people and Indigenous peoples, many of whom may be encountering an overwhelming sense of existential trauma and ecological grief. Drawing on our previous research we provide examples of early childhood pedagogies which resonate Indigenous values of relationality. These include trust in children's judgement in managing risks, fostering a sense of collective pride and identity, and affirming accountability to the wider collectivity of humans and more-than-human entities. We suggest that such grounding in local Indigenous onto-epistemologies can provide inspiration for educational programmes, including environmental education and education for sustainability, as well as for local governance.

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