Open AccessCommentary: If Education Is the Key to Reconciliation, How Will Professional Development Contribute to Unlocking the Process?
Author(s) -
Avril Aitken
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v9i1.741
Subject(s) - formative assessment , reflection (computer programming) , key (lock) , process (computing) , commission , position (finance) , section (typography) , professional development , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , political science , engineering ethics , law , engineering , computer science , computer security , finance , economics , programming language , operating system
This text considers the urgency of teacher learning, given the recent culmination of Canada’s six-year Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and in light of the position taken by the TRC that, "Education holds the key to reconciliation." Beginning with a reflection on the author’s formative encounters as a practitioner, the text goes on to question how teachers will be prepared for the significant role they have been called on to play. The latter section takes into account that professional learning is emotional and cerebral, and points to the need for emotional readiness among teachers participating in reconciliation practices with students.