Stop Talking: Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning and Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education

by Libby Roderick, Ilarion Merculieff

Over 10,000 years, Alaska's Native peoples perfected teaching and learning practices that ensured the survival of their communities. These ancient approaches offer strategies to make education more engaging to a wider range of students and more relevant to the challenge of teaching for global survival. Stop Talking includes reflections on education from Alaska Native Elders, strategies for applying indigenous pedagogies in western learning environments, and reports from non-indigenous faculty who have tried these approaches in their classrooms. It brings fresh insights and new voices to the conversation about best practices and transformative experiences in higher education.

Genres: Nonfiction

202 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 2000

Reviews

[Kaia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book shares details and outcomes from a week-long faculty intensive held at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Indigenous ways of teaching and learning. If you work with Indigenous students of any age, it is highly recommended. I read it as part of a professional learning book group, and it was especially helpful to be able to discuss the ideas from each chapter with other educators. It's available as an open-source text online from UAA and the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essays from outdoor recreation practitioners, a lawyer, reporter etc. on risk management. Written in response to an accident that took the life of students in an Alaksa college's outdoor recreation program. A must read for outdoor rec practitioners with applications to any kind of crisis response.