Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 125-133
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Discusses background research associated with the authors thesis and the importance of reflecting the cultural worldview of the researcher and the participants.
Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.
Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 40, no. 6, September 2001, pp. 282-284
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Explains one approach to developing cultural sensitivity and competence through study of five phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variation.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 45-56
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Examines how an emphasis on education based on heritage culture can have unexpected consequences such as differing standards, loss of original program uniqueness, and a distancing from mainstream education.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 315-331
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Discusses how different belief systems can affect educational practice and how lack of understanding by the U.S. educational system has led to unfair treatment of students.