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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Lawrence
Issues in Educational Research, vol. 4, no. 1, 1994, pp. 19-26
Description
Looks at inequities in the Australian education system and government policies to address the situation.
Aboriginal Languages: A Curriculum Guide for Kindergarten to Grade 12
Alternate Title
Indian Languages: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12
E-Books
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Education
Training and Employment
Description
Provides assistance with second language teaching, themes, sample plans and activities.
Aboriginal Literacy
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David R. Olson
Interchange, vol. 25, no. 4, December 1994, pp. 389-394
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Languages and Education: The Canadian Experience edited by S. Morris, K. McLeod, and M. Danesi and They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia by A. York, R. Daly and C. Arnett.
American Indian Learning Styles Survey: An Assessment of Teachers Knowledge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen Swisher
Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, vol. 13, Spring, 1994, pp. 59-77
Description
Examines educators' knowledge and perceptions about learning styles and how this is applied to teaching.
An American Indian Perspective on Columbus: An Indian Education Curriculum Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Esther Stutzman
Description
Purpose of guide is to present educators with accurate information about the "discovery" of America and provide classroom resources to approach the topic in a new way.
American Indian Resource Manual for Public Libraries
Alternate Title
Bulletin (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) ; no. 92429
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances de Usabel
Jane A. Roeber
American Indians and Alaska Natives in Higher Education: Research on Participation and Graduation. ERIC Digest
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; ED348197
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D. Michael Pavel
Description
Report covers four topics: equity in undergraduate enrollment and graduation, longitudinal studies, qualitative research, and continuity with the K-12 system.
American Indians Out of School: A Review of School-Based Causes and Solutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 3, May 1992, pp. [37-56]
Description
Proposes seven school-related remedies to prevent students from becoming dropouts.
Anthology of Traditional Tobacco Stories
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief stories from various First Nations about the origin and discovery of tobacco, and descriptions of the beliefs and traditions surrounding its use.
Applying Anthropology to Educational Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leona M. Foerster
Dale Little Soldier
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 20, no. 3, May 1981, pp. [1-6]
Description
How to use the methods of anthropology to solve Native American educational problems.
Berens River: A Community Study
Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandy Lindsay
Bilingual/Bicultural Education at Peach Springs: A Hualapai Way of Schooling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lucille J. Watahomigie
Teresa L. McCarty
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 26-42
Description
Examines the evolution of the program, community involvement, unique issues faced and continuing impact on indigenous schooling.
Bilinguisme et biculturalisme chez les atikamekw
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Sarrasin
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, 1994, pp. 165-181
Description
Outlines motivations for bilingual instruction, curriculum, and difficulties involved in implementation, and argues that such a program will eventually lead to a hybrid language and culture.
Blueprints for Indian Education: Improving Mainstream Schooling
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 372898
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin A. Buttlerfield
Description
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Bridging the Horizon: American Indian Beliefs and Whole Language Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy C. Kasten
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, June 1992, pp. 108-119
Description
Draws parallels between whole language philosophy and the way Native American children are taught to socialize in the home environment.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Five
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Students investigate the origins of their own communities.
Chapter Five from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Four
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view.
Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade One
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
Grade One: Growing and Learning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on respect of self and others.
Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Seven
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Students explore the basis of Aboriginal rights.
Chapter Seven from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Six
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia.
Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Three
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
Description
Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life.
Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Two
Alternate Title
First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Anne Goodfellow]
Description
Focuses on rules within the home, school and community.
Chapter Two from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.
Caknernarqutet
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Sharp
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 6-11
Description
An Yup'ik speaker describes her personal struggle as a student and later as a teacher in an English speaking classroom.
Change in School and Community Attitudes in an Athapaskan Village
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlos J. Ovando
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 43-59
Description
Compares 1983 to 1992 findings which focused questions on the purpose of schooling, community loyalty, ethnic identity and schools.
Children and the Future: Indian Education at Wallaceburg District Secondary School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edmund J. Danziger
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 20-34
Description
Examines a collaboration between the Walpole Island First Nation and the neighboring Wallaceburg District Secondary School to improve the education of Indigenous students and what can be learned to address persistent educational issues for Indigenous populations nationwide.
Communicative Interaction and Second Language Acquisition: An Inuit Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha B. Crago
TESOL Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, Autumn, 1992, pp. 487-505
Description
Study finding differences in style of interaction at home versus the classroom raised concerns about making the style of teaching more culturally congruent.
Comparison of Volunteer and Referred Children on Individual Measures of Assessment: A Native American Sample
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Henry Atkinson
Description
Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1994.
The Computers and Culture Project: A Multimedia Approach to the Preservation of Native History, Language, and Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Wilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 7-19
Description
Examines the use of computers and technology to help preserve Indigenous culture, history, and language for future generations to learn from.
The Consequences of Literacy in Pragmatic and Theoretical Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
F. Niyi Akinnaso
Anthropology & Educating Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Autumn, 1981, pp. 163-200
Description
Shows how literacy effects existing cognitive, linguistic and social structures.
Constructing Failure and Maintaining Cultural Identity: Navajo and Ute School Leavers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Dehyle
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 2, January 1992, pp. [24-47]
Description
Seven year study indicates culturally specific factors are important in understanding why Navajo and Ute students drop out of school.
Cooperative Learning in Mathematics With Middle School Indian Students: A Focus on Achievement and On-Task Behavior
Theses
Author/Creator
Teodor Brancov
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of South Dakota, 1994.
Cooperative Learning in Mathematics With Middle School Indian Students: A Focus on Achievement and On-Task Behavior
Theses
Author/Creator
Teodor Brancov
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of South Dakota, 1994.
Coyote and the Stars
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Members of the Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Critical Literacy for Navajo and Other American Indian Learners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 33, no. 3, Spring, 1994, pp. [47-59]
Description
Discusses the three usual explanations for low academic achievement levels and advances another theory.
Cross-Cultural Communication: Perceptions on an Educational Institution by Urban and Traditional Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Grace Marie Boyne
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1992.
The Cultural Ecological Perspectives of Canadian Inuit: Implications for Child-Rearing and Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Karla Jessen Williamson
Description
Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1992.
Cultural Negotiation and Schooling: New Idea or New Clothing For An Old Idea?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald V. Mohatt
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 172-185
Description
Reviews articles in the special issue, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, discusses barriers to careers in teaching, expanding knowledge base of Indigenous education and the relationship between school change, culture, power and control.
The Cultural Negotiation of Indigenous Education: Between Microethnography and Model-Building
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arlene Stairs
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 154-171
Description
Looks at conceptual model using a multidimensional approach covering range of context, level of meaning and depth of process.
Culturally Negotiated Schooling: Toward a Yup'ik Mathematics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 33, no. 3, Spring, May 1994, pp. 14-30
Description
Describes a long-term collaboration between the author and a Yup'ik teachers' group focusing on culturally based education.
Culture, Community and the Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ray Barnhardt
Description
Examines underlying processes of education using a cross-cultural approach.
Dropping Out Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: a Review of Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Swisher
Michelle Hoisch
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 2, January 1992, pp. [3-23]
Description
Centre for Indian Education at Arizona State University compares two studies examining the dropout rate among students.
Education as a Cultural Activity: Stories of Relationship and Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arlene Stairs
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 121-127
Description
Introduces special issue highlighting Aboriginal educational development and the need for cultural in education.
Education in New France
E-Books
Author/Creator
Roger Magnuson
Empowering Ourselves: Making Education and Schooling One
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda LaFrance
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 19-25
Description
Looks at the development of an experimental program merging western and Mohawk beliefs with a focus on science and math.
Equity in Reading Achievement in Native Elementary School Students in Northern Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Hazel Wheldon
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1994.
The Exodus from Kitaskinaw School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora Voyageur
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 35-45
Description
Examines the shift from a 70% non-Indigenous student population in 1970's to only 3% by 1991 at the Kitaskinaw school located on the Enoch reservation.
Factors Affecting the Implementation of an Elementary Science Curriculum in Three Northern Saskatchewan Provincial Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Daryl George Arnott
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1994.
The Federal Campaign for the Admission of Indian Children into Public Schools, 1890-1934
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irving G. Hendrick
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, 1981, pp. 13-32
Description
Discusses officials' drive to integrate students into state run institutions in order to accelerate assimilation and civilization.
[First Nations: The Circle Unbroken]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
June Beynon
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 194-196
Description
Review of: First Nations: The Circle Unbroken by Geraldine Bob, Gary Marcuse, Denna Nyce, Lorna Williams. Four video cassettes plus Teachers' Guide and Implementation Workshop for Teachers: A Guide.
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Helen Buckley