Digitalisation, and expanding digital infrastructure has given rise to new pedagogical approaches and practises that involve making use of the internet. In the development of this literature-based article, we examined Arctic online education from a holistic perspective, adopting broad definitions of online learning environments and teacher education. The aim of this paper is to map and analyse the state of knowledge regarding the digital transformations of practices and conceptualisations in teacher education and educator training in the Arctic, as we sought to answer the following research question: What is Arctic in online teaching and learning in teacher education and educator training? Our methodology consisted of a scoping review of peer-reviewed papers published between 2003-2023. Through a qualitative content analysis, we explored definitions, perspectives and positions that emanated from the literature. Viewed through the lens of postcolonial theory, our findings and discussion surface important points of ‘difference’ (Verran, 2013) between Indigenous pedagogies, which are a central part of the Arctic-ness, and technological advances that enable online and distance learning, namely: Rootedness And Fluidity; Continuity of the Story And Fragmentation; Preservation And Transformation; Traditional Seeing And (Western) Frameworks, which we argue should be a key feature of conversations within this field.

As a result of a number of government reports, there have been numerous systemic changes in Indigenous education in Australia revolving around the importance of partnerships with the community. A forum with our local Dubbo community established the importance of working together and developed a model which placed the child in an ecological perspective that particularly noted the role of Elders and the place of the child in the family. However, there was also the issue of curriculum and mathematics education to be addressed. It was recognised that a colonised curriculum reduces the vision of what might be the potential for Indigenous mathematics education. This paper reports on the sharing that developed between our local community and some researchers and teachers from Sweden, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. It has implications for recognising the impact of testing regimes, the teaching space, understanding the ways children learn, the curriculum, and teacher education. As a result of these discussions, a critical pedagogy that considers culture and place is presented as an ecocultural perspective on mathematics education. This perspective was seen as critical for the curriculum and learning experiences of Indigenous children.

The aim of the presentation is to discuss the transformation of indigenous education from the perspective of indigenous teachers so that the indigenous culture becomes the point of departure in such education. I will examine this from the perspective of a critical utopian action research project in Sámi preschools and schools. The paper will focus on indigenous teachers’ experiences of indigenous school transformation and the realisation of transformation activities. The transformation activities took place together with teachers, children/pupils, parents and elders. The theoretical points of departure were taken from Smith’s theory of indigenous research and Banks’ theory for the integration of multicultural content in teaching, which is also discussed from the perspective of the concept of intercultural education. Further, Bernstein’s recontextualisation theory is used. The study also draws on Lipka’s previous research in Alaska. The study was divided into three parts. Part one was based on teachers experience concerning transforming the education from a cultural perspective. Part two focused on performed transformation activities. The activities were implemented through cultural thematic work, through typical school activities with cultural elements or through activities where the culture served as the basis for education. In part three teachers expressed their experiences after the transformation activities. The result from the study showed that the teachers’ challenges initially were focused on external obstacles, but finally the external obstacles were described as internal to a higher degree. The teachers expressed a change from problem- to possibility-oriented and they became active transformation agents. The process made decolonisation visible.

Syftet med projektet var att synliggöra och utveckla kunskap om utbildningen i matematik utifrån tidigare erfarenheter och licentiatavhandlig av Ylva Jannok Nutti (2007): “Matematiskt tänkande inom samisk kultur...”. Projektet kan ses som en förberedelse för en ansökan av ett longitudiellt forsknings- och utvecklingsarbete inom samisk utbildning. Projektet fokus är inriktat mot den samiska utbildningen, sameskolor, samt ansvariga för lärarutbildning och organisation av den samiska utbildningen i Sverige och Finland.

Luleå tekniska universitet bedriver i samarbete med Høgskolen i Tromsø ett Interreg IV A Nord-projekt. Syftet med projektet är att initiera vitalisering och revitalisering av samiska och samisk traditionell kunskap genom utvecklingsarbeten i samiska och matematik inom den samiska utbildningen i samisk förskola och Sameskola.