Mediating Athabascan Oral Traditions in Post-Secondary Classrooms

Authors

  • Beth Leonard University of Alaska Fairbanks

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v10i2.126

Keywords:

multicultural, teacher education, culturally-responsive teaching

Abstract

This article describes how three versions of a Deg Hit’an Athabascan narrative are used in a pre-service teacher education course entitled “Alaska Native Education” at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Use of both written and videotaped versions of this narrative, told by the late Belle Deacon, a Deg Hit’an storyteller formerly of Grayling, Alaska, facilitates students’ understandings of the roles of oral traditions in educational processes for Alaska Native people. Students also gain an understanding of Athabascan worldviews; emphasized within these worldviews are the values of learning and honoring relationships as part of Athabascan educational processes.

Author Biography

Beth Leonard, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Assistant Professor University of Alaska School of Education

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Published

2008-12-02

How to Cite

Leonard, B. (2008). Mediating Athabascan Oral Traditions in Post-Secondary Classrooms. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v10i2.126

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2008): Special Issue: Indigenous Education

Section

2008 Special Issue Articles (Peer-reviewed)

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