{"id":3,"date":"2022-01-26T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/decolonizingengineering\/?p=3"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T04:57:50","slug":"main-body","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/decolonizingengineering\/part\/main-body\/","title":{"raw":"Decolonization","rendered":"Decolonization"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nBelow, you can find the learning objectives for the Decolonization instructor training:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"import-Normal\">Define [pb_glossary id=\"473\"]decolonization[\/pb_glossary].<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"import-Normal\">Recognize how decolonization is related to [pb_glossary id=\"484\"]postcolonialism[\/pb_glossary] and [pb_glossary id=\"482\"]Indigenization[\/pb_glossary].<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"import-Normal\">Understand what decolonization looks like in the classroom.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"import-Normal\">Recognize how ones behavior perpetuates [pb_glossary id=\"497\"]colonialism[\/pb_glossary] and understand how to actively decolonize one's own thoughts &amp; actions.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand that you will (probably) be asked to think in ways you aren\u2019t used to thinking, and that\u2019s okay.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>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\u2019t a reason not to expand your knowledge.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Acknowledge that this work is important.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand your role in this landscape as a decolonizer. 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Again, that is okay. Being uncomfortable isn\u2019t a reason not to expand your knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge that this work is important.<\/li>\n<li>Understand your role in this landscape as a decolonizer. 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