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EDST 498Z: Using Indigenous Assessment Practices in the STEAM Setting
July 25 – august 11 (tuesday to friday) | 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Format: In-Person
STEAM classrooms are almost exclusively taught in a very Western European framework of content, and perspectives. This course will challenge students to decolonize their STEAM classroom and Indigenize their curriculum with examples and resources. Students will explore Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being as a means of assessment in opposition to colonial assessment strategies. This will be done through conversation with the Indigenous community, analyzing the current assessment trends in education and how they align with Indigenous teachings, processing in truth circles, and “ask an elder” style question sessions. Students will reflect on their learning journey over the duration of the course while identifying practices they feel they can use in future classrooms.
At the end of the course students will
- become familiar with current assessment practices.
- explore and participate in Indigenous knowledge as it relates to STEAM.
- engage with research articles that provoke reflection about colonial assessment and pedagogy strategies.
- engage in dialogue with Indigenous community members to gain insight and understanding of traditional
- develop a personal assessment statement.
- learn how Indigenous worldview and perspectives inform individual assessment.
- gain an understanding of how to assess students in a good way with permissions.
Desiree Marshall-Peer
Desiree Marshall-Peer (EdD Candidate, MA, BSC) is a Cree-Ojibway educator focusing on re-envisioning the British Columbia education system in innovative ways. Desiree has been teaching for over 20 years in a variety of context in the K-12 system and in university. She works with school districts on a multitude of projects, including inquiry based learning, competency based assessment, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Desiree has several years’ experience with the BC Ministry of Education renewed math curriculum, graduation transformations, and assessment. She also works with FNESC as a curriculum developer and presenter. She is a lecturer at the Okanagan School of Education UBC teaching Numeracy and STEAM including Indigenous Ways of Knowing, knowledge systems and worldviews. She is currently pursuing her EdD in assisting non-Indigenous educators in Indigenizing their curriculum and pedagogy.
How to register
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Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Information Service Centre (SISC).
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm transfer credit will be approved prior to registering for a UBC Okanagan course.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Information Service Centre (SISC). You must have current Summer registration eligibility. If not, please email sie.education@ubc.ca.
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm approval of transfer credit prior to registration.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
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- Sign up for your EducationPlannerBC Account and follow the instructions to complete your applicant profile.
- Select University of British Columbia as the institution you want to apply to
- Select the upcoming Winter Session: September – December
- Select “Access Studies”
- Under “Access Studies” section, indicate that your program of interest is the Okanagan School of Education’s Summer Institute in Education Summer Session May – August.
- Once all necessary fields are filled in, click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page.
- You will be prompted to review your EPBC application and pay an application fee.
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Please contact sie.education@ubc.ca with your UBC student number and courses of interest.