Learning from Promising Programs and Applications in Nourishing the Learning Spirit

Abstract

Aboriginal learners represent a growing demographic in Canada. Despite changes indiverse educational systems that support their learning, few scholars, practitioners,and administrators understand the worldviews and epistemologies governing learn­ing. These foundations are held by the Elders and the traditional teachers. It is thepurpose of this essay to distill the foundations of Aboriginal learning, programs wherethese principles operate, and instructive teachings for how the knowledge our Eldersand traditional teachers hold may be applied informal learning.