We are currently still going through our sources to determine which are the most relevant. We briefly contemplated looking exclusively at Indigenous Perspectives in a Canadian context, but found that there aren't enough articles detailing the effects of Indigenous Perspectives in a math classroom on students; resources are more focused on introducing activities to use in the classroom or explaining what Indigenous Perspectives are and the key aspects that should be incorporated in a math classroom without necessarily listing results. However, we have quite a few sources in North America in general, as well as a few from Australia and Africa, which share similar issues of having a Eurocentric curriculum.
In preparation for our real-world connection, I have reached out to four different people of Indigenous background from Prince Rupert, one of whom has been tutoring students in the community for over ten years, and another who has already been working on introducing math to her two-year-old. In addition to this, I have notes from a talk I had with the Indigenous Education teacher from my practicum school. Amrit will also be looking to hear from students that are not of Indigenous background to see how they would feel about learning Indigenous Perspectives in the classroom. I may reach out to students in my hometown and my practicum school, depending on how many responses we receive from the others. I am hesitant to contact elders at this stage because I don't wish to rush the process. I would like to do that in the future if possible; however, I don't know the best approach to organizing an interview and what we should be prepared with beforehand.
Our proposed outline for our presentation is
1) Introduction to what Indigenous Perspectives are and how they relate to a math classroom
2) Discussing our findings on the effects introducing these perspectives has on students
3) Interactive activity (we are thinking a weaving exercise that our classmates can use recycled (or other) paper for)
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