Dance Your Style in Teacher Education: An International Panel
In this episode, we learn from global perspectives on teacher education, the possibilities and challenges of bridging local contexts with global citizenship within Indigenous and intercultural education, and the power of transnational collaboration. After an introduction by Journeys host Ryan Neepin, guest host Zayd Waghid (South Africa) invites sharing across continents from colleagues Angelina Weenie (Cree - Canada), Esther Kiaritha (Kenya), Patricia Houde (Mexico), Alexis Oviedo (Ecuador), and Karine Hindrix (Belgium). All speaker bios are below.
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About the Guest
Guest Host: Dr. Zayd Waghid
Zayd Waghid, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in South Africa. He is the South African National Research Foundation Chair (SARChI): Transformative Education, Social Justice and Innovation at CPUT. He is the co-author of five books: Educational Technology and Pedagogic Encounters: Democratic Education in Potentiality, Rupturing African Philosophy of Teaching and Learning: Ubuntu Justice and Education, Cosmopolitan Education and Inclusion: The Self and Others in Deliberation, Conversations on Higher Teaching and Learning: A Renewed Focus on Critical Praxis, and Towards an Ubuntu University: African higher education reimagined. He is a South African National Research Foundation C-rated researcher, a recipient of the CHE-Heltasa National Teaching Excellence Award (Commendation) in 2019 and was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University in 2024.
Dr. Angelina Weenie
Angelina Weenie is Cree (nehiyaw) from Sweetgrass First Nation, Saskatchewan, and is the dean of the Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Her research and teaching interests lie in Indigenous epistemology, culturally responsive pedagogy, approaches to Indigenous language reclamation, land-based pedagogy and research methods with Indigenous peoples. She has recently co-authored a book, Dance Your Style: Cree Pedagogy (2024).
Karine Hindrix
Karine Hindrix is a lecturer in Teacher Education at UC Leuven-Limburg in Belgium and a researcher within the UCLL Center of Expertise Education and Development.
Dr. Patricia Marie Anne Houde
Patricia Marie Anne Houde is an associate professor at the Language Department of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. She works in teacher education programs and has taught in French Immersion programs in Canada and English as a foreign language in Mexico. In 2018, she completed a PhD in Educational Studies in Language Acquisition at McGill University in Montreal. Her main research interest is in the area of reflective practice via collective accompaniment with EFL language teachers.
Dr. Esther Njeri Kiaritha
Esther N. Kiaritha is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology and Deputy Director of the Centre for Strategic Leadership Development at Moi University. She is an educator, leadership trainer, researcher, and academic mentor with over 22 years of experience in higher education. She has supervised numerous postgraduate students, trained research supervisors across Africa, published widely, taken various management positions and coordinated major internationally funded projects. Dr. Kiaritha is a member of professional bodies including the American Psychological Association, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies and African Network for Internationalization of Education. She has also contributed significantly to university governance, TVET leadership, school management and community-based development initiatives.
Dr. Alexis Oviedo
Alexis Oviedo is a professor at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB) He coordinates the Public Policies for Education and the Mastery in Innovation of Social Sciences and Humanities teaching at the Department of Education. He was a lecturer of Anthropology of Education in the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO Ecuador) and advisor to the Ecuadorian Minister of Culture and the Ecuadorian Minister of Social Development. Oviedo researches and works in social pedagogy, curricular diversification, intercultural education, organizational behaviour, cultural studies and cultural management, educational policy and research methodologies in various Latin American countries.
