Educating the settler, one indigenising step at a time: Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, Anthony Angel Keola Birano, ‘Decolonizing Curricula: Indigenization and Critical Settler Consciousness’, in Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Jessica Heybach, Dini Metro-Roland (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education, Cambridge University Press, 2024 | settler colonial studies blog

Educating the settler, one indigenising step at a time: Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, Anthony Angel Keola Birano, ‘Decolonizing Curricula: Indigenization and Critical Settler Consciousness’, in Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Jessica Heybach, Dini Metro-Roland (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education, Cambridge University Press, 2024

21Mar24

Description: This chapter begins by addressing settler colonialism and how it has affected and influenced educational practices in the United States. The authors discuss how they define decolonization and ask themselves and their readers if it is truly possible to decolonize schooling in the United States. They offer the concept of a critical settler consciousness to push back against settler colonization, and give multiple examples of communities and schools that are decolonizing their curriculums. The authors emphasize that decolonizing the curriculum is not easy; it is complicated, convoluted, and often unclear. They conclude that there is hope in the communities, parents, and students employing decolonizing practices to educate their young people.

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