Introduction to Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies

Abstract

The impetus for this collection comes from our conversations exploring the importance of integrating environmental and indigenous pedagogies into curriculum. We conceptualize our book through three interconnected and overlapping approaches addressing the topic of environmental and indigenous pedagogies in terms of principles, portraits and practices. By principles we include models of curriculum for integrated relationships between scientific and indigenous knowledges. By portraits we include historical understandings, critical discussions and eco-justice approaches to environmental and indigenous education. By practices we include methodological approaches to Indigenous and environmental pedagogies that consider the relevance of landscapes, place, and stories.