ECS 7822 - Pacific Islander Indigenous Education

This course will explore various topics within Indigenous education. Through a variety of mixed methods this seminar will examine previous and current educational policy and its effects on diverse Indigenous peoples. It will also examine education as a tool for empowerment, resistance, and healing within varied Indigenous communities. Course topics covered include: Native/Indigenous epistemology, decolonizing methodologies, settler colonialism, cultural reclamation, and critical pedagogy.