Welcome! Are you a student who has some experience of research and writing but is looking toward that final push to complete your program? This information is for you!
This stage is an opportunity to think about what you know about research and writing; as Elder Nadine shared in the Four Feathers Writing Guide, “you have knowledge different from anyone else that has been passed down to you from Elders, family, and life experience. You’ve also learned from resources, such as books and online materials” (Charles, 2018, as cited in Alphonse et al, n.d., Identify Knowledge section). At this stage, you have the opportunity to identify what knowledge you've gained and also what you'd like to know more about before you move to the final stage of sharing your voice through your final paper, major project, thesis, or dissertation.
Confused? This guide is part 3 of a 4-stage Library & Writing Centre Orientation. Go back to the beginning.
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Reference
Alphonse, S., Charles, N., & Bell, T. (n.d.). Four feathers writing guide. Royal Roads University. https://libguides.royalroads.ca/fourfeathers
When developing the Library and Writing Centre orientation, we were guided by the Traditional Knowledge shared in the Four Feathers Writing Guide (Alphonse et al., n.d.) – in particular, the four Traditional stages of learning shared by Cowichan and T'Sou-ke Nations Elder Shirley Alphonse and SC’IÁNEW̱ Elder Nadine Charles.
We acknowledge with gratitude the Traditional Knowledge shared by Elders and Knowledge Keepers in the Four Feathers Writing Guide, as well as the permissions we were given to share the Traditional Knowledge. We additionally sought and obtained permission to weave the Traditional stages of learning shared in the Four Feathers Writing Guide into the structure of this orientation. The ownership of the Traditional Knowledge remains in perpetuity with the appropriate Nation(s); accordingly, the information should not be re-used without explicit permission from the Nation(s).
The Royal Roads campus is located on the traditional Lands of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations.
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We're intentionally trying to move away from dominant Western approaches in this orientation, and we're striving to embody the First Peoples Principles of Learning in that effort. Click on the poster if you would like to access a PDF version of the resource. For a plain text version, please visit First Peoples Principles of Learning. The First Nations Education Steering Committee is the copyright holder of this image. The image is shared here with permission; the image should not be duplicated elsewhere without specific permission from the First Nations Education Steering Committee.
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References
Alphonse, S., Charles, N., & Bell, T. (n.d.). Four feathers writing guide. Royal Roads University. https://libguides.royalroads.ca/fourfeathers
First Nations Steering Committee. (n.d.). First Peoples principles of learning. http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PUB-LFP-POSTER-Principles-of-Learning-First-Peoples-poster-11x17.pdf
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