Accompanies virtual exhibit, Entwined With Life: Native American Basketry. Teacher's guide for K-12. Contains maps, activities and explanation about baskets, basketry types, uses, materials and techniques.
Feliciter, vol. 49, no. 5, [Information Resources for Aboriginal Peoples], 2003, pp. 240-244
Description
Looks at the six priorities for the future success of First Nations public libraries. The current priorities are start-up support, sustainability, schooling, staffing, salaries and succession planning.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 78, no. 5, 2003, pp. 1030-1038
Description
Results of the study document the feasibility of implementing a program for obesity prevention in elementary schools serving Native American communities.
Alberta journal of Educational Research, vol. 49, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 341-353
Description
Studies student learnings in four categories: curriculum planning and evaluation, discipline and classroom management, pupils and pupil-teacher interactions, and the profession of teaching.
Issues in Educational Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-13
Description
Analysis of a questionnaire given to upper primary and lower secondary years students indicated the need for teachers to form strong relationships with their students to ensure their educational success.
Educational Insights, vol. 8, no. 2, 2003, pp. [1-18]
Description
Performance consisting of five linked scenes each attempting to represent a different aspect of developing a curriculum for cultural diversity in teacher education curriculum.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 179-194
Description
Examines classroom teaching and learning strategies to uncover what might make science and mathematics more attractive to Indigenous and minority students.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2003, pp. 8-11
Description
Presents the results of a survey conducted to learn the career aspirations/expectations of Aboriginal high school youth in order to foster workplace success.
Journal of Research in Rural Education, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 12-26
Description
Studies a sampling of schools involved in the Alaska Onward to Excellence program to see how partnerships between the school and community are formed and maintained.
Discusses a two-year project to develop a science curriculum in conjuntion with Dene and Cree knowledge of nature. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Story of the lives of both a French and a Huron boy at the time of first contact. Accompanying material: Rendezvous: Canada 1606 [Study Guide].
Duration: 29:03.
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.
Looks at the research on numeracy development of Aboriginal children, and identifies the key factors which affect achievement and the teaching strategies that could help them.
Comments on the cultural relevance and meaningfulness of Elder Teachings on the identities of First Nations students.
Chapter from Issues Affecting Rural Communities (II) edited by J.C. Montgomery and A.D. Kitchenham.
Looks at factors affecting concepts, beliefs, practices, worldview and values relating to Aboriginal education by examining the tension between decisions makers regarding culture and language content in the classroom.
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.
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 280-298
Description
Author uses the debate over process-oriented versus skills-oriented writing instruction as the starting point for a discussion on five aspects of the "culture of power" in the field of education.