Jenny Carroll

 Decolonizing Outdoor Education  Reflection and Goal-setting I recently read  Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit , but Marie Battiste, who is from Mi'kma'ki, the unceded land on which I live with gratitude. There were three main points provided regarding decolonization that I took away: first, to acknowledge colonial and racist practices, next, to acknowledge the richness of Indigenous knowledge, and finally to learn it respectfully without appropriation (p. 69).  I know that there are many colonial and racist practices that I am a part of in my role as a classroom teacher. Simply existing as a school with brick walls and desks in classrooms is colonial in nature. Using numbers to "grade" students is unfair and perpetuates inequitable power structures, especially when learning is done and assessed by reading and writing alone. Using biased resources such as textbooks, videos or even my own personal experience or perspective as someone of settler o...