Yesterday I presented my paper at the World Conference on Online Learning here in Dublin/i mBaile Átha Cliath.
Te Whakapaipai, Dílárúchán: Towards Decolonisation via the Digital Self-Directed Study of Indigenous Languages
Here’s the abstract:
In this paper I reflect on the praxis of being a self-directed (Knowles, 1975) second language learner in two Indigenous languages—one as a settler (Māori) and one as a diasporic community member (Irish). Using action research methods (McNiff, Lomax and Whitehead, 1996; Greenwood and Levin, 2000) I examine my experience as a non-traditional student managing different modalities of self-regulated learning praxis. In learning Indigenous languages—where I live and where I am from—I endeavour to read the world differently by reading the decolonised word (Freire, 1970, 1985).
Key Words: decolonisation, language learning, self-regulated learning, action research, Aotearoa, Eire
You can read the full paper here. You can view my PowerPoint slides here.
However this blog will continue. As will my language learning.
Gaelige mo scéal 