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Using Experiential Learning to Engage Aboriginal Students in the Visual Arts Classroom

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My interest in cultural craft education began when I found myself a newcomer to the province of Nova Scotia where I started teaching as a visual arts specialist over six years ago. Arriving in a new community with a far more culturally diverse roster than I was accustomed to, I struggled to understand the students before me. In particular, I knew very little about Aboriginal culture and, when teaching at a school with over 70 First Nations students, I had a great deal to learn as a non-Aboriginal teacher.

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  1. University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Margaret Sadler

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    Jill B. Cummings

  2. University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Mary L. Blatherwick

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Sadler, M. (2017). Using Experiential Learning to Engage Aboriginal Students in the Visual Arts Classroom. In: Cummings, J.B., Blatherwick, M.L. (eds) Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-047-9_24

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