Booklet provides an overview of Aboriginal Head Start, site by site tour of the eight Northwest Territories Aboriginal Head Start (NWTAHS) programs, and evaluation and summary of the programs.
Nurse Education Today, vol. 31, no. 6, August 2011, pp. 595-600
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Suggests that attrition rates are not only due to practical considerations such as funding and childcare, but also stem from instructional design and curricula that do not accommodate Aboriginal learning styles.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 63-76, 187
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Discusses the challenges still facing Canadian universities since the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into academic institutions.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 393-398
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Looks at how English literacy was a part of the drive to colonize and assimilate Indigenous peoples, and how support is needed for Indigenous controlled literacy demands.
Looks at the challenges affecting performance of Aboriginal students and the benefit of using principles which combine both Indigenous and western perspectives in the classroom.
Report identified four common themes: self sufficiency and ownership, community development/infrastructure, curriculum based on Cree culture and values, and increased economic development.
Looks at development of three urban Aboriginal education models for engaging First Nation, Metis and Inuit students, family and community living in urban centers.
Looks at how the Yekooche First Nation used the viable cluster-based learning approach effectively to maximizing the use of learning technologies to support collaborative, project-based learning and community-wide development.
Survey consisted of ten questions and results are based on 365 respondents. Some of the areas covered were financial support, prioximity to educational opportunities, post-graduate employment, cultural responsiveness of institutions.
Argues for a curriculum of inclusion rather than exclusion as demonstrated by incorporating Native American literature into the mainstream Language Arts programs.
Report provides a "snapshot" of the impact of the art program on teachers, students and off-reserve communities. Research was conducted between April 1 and August 30, 2006.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 43-57
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Discussion of a Culturally Based Education (CBE) program, which combined student technology and interviews of community members, presentations and meetings.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 117-134
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Discusses the importance of context for social work education, illustrated by the First Nations Bachelor of Social Work program, which was delivered as a satellite program in a First Nations community.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 27-41
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Looks at online learning with a historical review of adult education & its lack of engagement with Indigenous knowledge. Also discusses need to create culturally sensitive technology designed to include Indigenous knowledge.
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 19, no. 3, Anti-Racism in Education: Missing in Action, Spring , 2010, pp. 275-289
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Comments on the need to increase the knowledge about Aboriginal peoples for Canadian students, many who graduate high school with less than adequate levels of information.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 99-113
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Discusses the practice of, procedures for, and the ethics of obtaining a child`s consent when undertaking research that may affect the community. One of the recommendations discussed is that any child who signs should be surrounded by family or other community members.