Ep.15 | Indigenous Teacher Education Program at U of A

In Episode 15 - and the fourth installment in our Native American Heritage Month series - we welcome Dr. Jeremy Garcia and Dr. Valerie Shirley from the Indigenous Teacher Education Program at the University of Arizona.

Chris and Yvette lead a wide-ranging conversation about Indigenous education and the origins of ITEP, as well as Dr. Garcia and Dr. Shirley's book Indigenizing Education. They share their approach on how they prepare undergraduate students to create culturally-rooted curriculum, drawn from their own culture, origin stories, philosophies, and languages. We hope you listen - and tell your friends to download!

More information on the topics discussed in this podcast:

ITEP Website | https://itep.coe.arizona.edu/

Indigenizing Education | https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Indigenizing-Education

Donate to ITEP | https://give.uafoundation.org/results?id=a3b513d3-05ea-4cb8-8931-ff45a5a52a70

Chapters

• 2:21 Intro to Drs. Garcia and Shirley and Indigenizing Education
• 4:30 Establishing ITEP and Dr. Shirley's career path
• 7:26 Educational disparities and hurdles
• 9:11 Cultural education
• 10:06 Dr. Garcia's career path
• 13:10 A community-driven approach to education
• 16:36 Genesis of Indigenizing Education
• 19:39 An Indigenous conception of timelines
• 22:14 Language revitalization
• 25:17 Challenges to implementing an Indigenous education program
• 28:57 Integrating technology
• 31:50 Role for non-Indigenous educators
• 34:30 Using social media for empowerment
• 37:53 Getting involved with ITEP + advocacy
• 42:29 The future of Indigenous education
• 46:02 Wrap up and RES