The Art of Teaching

Abstract

In this chapter, the author discusses the art of teaching, situating the use of beadwork practice mobilized in a classroom setting as an Indigenous legal pedagogy grounded in theories of persuasive legal aesthetic. She situates the pedagogical practice as one to support learning in the four spheres of intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual learning, and unpacks how whole-learner approaches to education can support both Indigenous learners who continue to live with the fallout of decades of forced assimilative education in Canada, and non-Indigenous Learners who are often engaging with Indigenous practices, peoples, and teachings for the first time in university settings as a result of ongoing systemic curricula failure at elementary and high school levels across Canada.