Decolonization

Learning Objectives

Below, you can find the learning objectives for the Decolonization instructor training:

  • Define decolonization.
  • Recognize how decolonization is related to postcolonialism and Indigenization.
  • Understand what decolonization looks like in the classroom.
  • Recognize how ones behavior perpetuates colonialism and understand how to actively decolonize one’s own thoughts & actions.
  • Understand that you will (probably) be asked to think in ways you aren’t used to thinking, and that’s okay.
  • Understand that learning about this is probably uncomfortable for you, and may also be uncomfortable for your students. Again, that is okay. Being uncomfortable isn’t a reason not to expand your knowledge.
  • Acknowledge that this work is important.
  • Understand your role in this landscape as a decolonizer. Remember, your role is not to Indigenize.
  • Recognize how your behaviour perpetuates colonialism and understand how to actively decolonize your own thoughts & actions.
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Decolonizing the Engineering Curriculum Copyright © 2022 by Pamela Wolf, Ben Harris, Nika Martinussen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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