Stop Talking: Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning
by Ilarion Merculieff and Libby Roderick
In Stop Talking, Merculieff and Roderick provide both a broad overview of the central aims and goals of “indigenizing education” and a set of specific, focused strategies that instructors can implement in their own teaching. The book serves as a thoughtful introduction to decolonizing pedagogies, placing a good deal of emphasis on practice even as it provides a strong theoretical framework. It’s an ideal read for anyone interested in supporting indigenous studies, students, and pedagogies but just isn’t quite sure where to start.
The book is available at
https://ctl.oregonstate.edu/sites/ctl.oregonstate.edu/files/stop_talking_final.pdfBook club will meet every other week beginning the 1st week in February, on Mondays from 12 - 1 PM and Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 PM. Participants are invited to join either time.
Dates and readings:
February 1 & 4 — Introduction and Chapter 1
February 15 & 18 — Chapter 2
March 1 & 3 — Chapter 3 (switching to Wednesday afternoons)
March 15 & 17 — Chapter 4
March 29 & March 31 - Chapter 5
April 12 & 14 — Chapter 6
April 26 and 28 — Chapter 7
