Article describes the authors’ use of writing workshops as a way of teaching students about multiple ways of knowing; technique involves repositioning the author as a participant in the text focusing on ethical engagement with the material and ideas that make up the text.
Brief overview of four themes: status of language, political empowerment, economy, and higher education and research.
Presentation at the Conference: “The Regional Identity of Ethnic Groups in Europe”
Comparative Education, vol. 39, no. 2, Special Number (27): Indigenous Education: New Possibilities, Ongoing Constraints, May 2003, pp. 185-192
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Discusses Sámi cultural autonomy with the introduction of a Sámi curriculum in 1997 and transfer of jurisdiction of the Sámi school system to the Sámi Parliament in 2000.
Looks at innovative culturally responsive instructional tasks and the development of four states: survival, recovery, development and self-determination.