Challenging technocratic logics in teacher education: Seeking guidance from Indigenous and Aristotelian traditions

Abstract

In this article, I argue that technocratic forms of education are miseducational and intricately tied to matters of social inequity and colonialism. Through outlining the epistemic limitations, as well as drawing on decolonial scholarship, I point out that technocratic logics in education intentionally ignore the people, places, and more-than-human beings in educational configurations. In response to these concerns, I engage with Indigenous and Aristotelian scholarship that takes up embodied knowledge making practices that forefront ethics, place, and relations. I conclude by sharing collaborative teacher education practices conceived through being taught by Indigenous and Aristotelian traditions of thought and practice.