Students received instruction for English as a second language, Navajo, and cultural teachings resulting in increased involvement, improved reading, math and science skills.
National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward A. Tennant
Description
Describes a cultural awareness program that uses weekly bulletins to alert teachers to contrasting cultural values and a course for high-school students that teaches them how to recognize and cope with contrasting cultural values.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
Description
Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
Literature review reveals that students are not developing cognitive academic language skills to be successful and recommends processes for transitioning from reservation English.