English as a Second Dialect: A Handbook for Teachers
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Larre
Description
Education Project towards (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2009.
Looks at components that enhance student engagement in place based educational programs in the Yukon and Cree Nation reserve schools in northern Alberta.
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Scholarly, peer reviewed paper argues the idea that emphasis on "culture" will improve educational outcomes with urban Aboriginal youth is not working and that the issue of race is more important in the urban context.
Discusses the importance of cultural influences and teachers' need to understand how their own cultural background colours their perspective and practice.