Cultural Framework

Report concludes the following: First Nation Control of First Nation Education is the ultimate objective, define comparability in terms of educational opportunity, avoid past misinterpretations of the principle of comparability and acknowledge and respect a series of guiding principles pertaining to the use of comparability.

Reviews and compares government policies and reports from Canada and Australia; highlights that interdepartmental partnerships in areas such as health, education, and justice fail in Canada due to inadequate facilitation on the part of Indigenous sport for development (SFD) agencies, but that Australia is having greater success as a result of a focus on federal partnership building.

Findings indicate that activity based curriculum is a more effective teaching method than the textbook oriented classroom setting.

Library and Information Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2002.

Focuses on four areas: language needs, family and community involvement, alternative instruction techniques, culturally responsive schooling, and standards-based instruction.

Looks at the experiences of two science teachers at tribal schools in the United States, and outlines their struggle with the contradictions of oppression.

Describes partnership to enhance student learning through linking traditional values and philosophy, improved professional teacher practice and increased parental involvement.

Argues that while digitalization may be useful in conservation, the images only constitute information, not necessarily knowledge.

Integrated Studies Final Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2013.

Education and Human Development Thesis (Ed.D.)--George Washington University, 1996.

Looks at the need for curriculum changes in American colleges to be more relevant to American Indian/Alaska Native students cultural identity.

Looks at the development and implementation of programs at the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing to encourage Indigenous student success.

Discusses the development of interdisciplinary studies programs at UCLA and the potential future for American Indian studies.

Discussion of the workshop Improving Academic Performance Among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students, including major issues, challenges, solutions and summary.

Discusses background research associated with the authors thesis and the importance of reflecting the cultural worldview of the researcher and the participants.

Discusses the fine line of maintaining "right relations" and being a good anthropologist according to commonly held scholarly expectations.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2015.

Examines efforts to develop and teach a course on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples, which is missing from Canadian and United States public education systems.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of San Diego, 1998.

Examines Native American students' perception of one education model that incorporated traditional Indigenous approaches and discusses how it inspired students to commit to their communities.

Culturally relevant curriculum guide for teachers.

Examines how theatrical and Indigenous methods of teaching can enrich environmental education in theory and in practice.

Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2007.

Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

Initial Report.

Looks at a cultural camp where Elders provide the students with a holistic way to learn.

Looks at evaluation approaches and discusses some methods grounded in Aboriginal experiences and values.

Discussion on incorporating local knowledge, values, directions, and Inuit approaches to early childhood curriculum development.

Presents updates from Early Childhood Development Working Group by region and looks at items from the National Inuit Early Childhood Education Gathering.

Studies an activity from a module from Math in a Cultural Context series and notes improved mathematical achievements in the students.

Seven year study indicates culturally specific factors are important in understanding why Navajo and Ute students drop out of school.

Discusses benefits of using a 'Generative Curriculum Model' in early childhood education training programs.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2014.

Study of a training program for non-Navajo educators to help respect and understand cultural differences.

Goal of consultation was to gain a picture of student and trainee experiences using a sample that included students, educators, administrators, and others involved in the delivery of programs.

Discusses the ethical, cultural & political dilemmas and struggles that non-Hawaiian students present when included as learners in Indigenous studies.

Adult and Higher Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--North Carolina State University, 2009.

Findings indicate that culturally relevant, hands on experiential learning activities should be incorporated to improve outcomes.

Brief abstract explores the similarities and differences between Indigenous and contemporary science for scholar-activists.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Africa, 2007.

Background information and research for the author's Ph.D. thesis.

Comments on e-mails, phone calls and a luncheon meeting that spanned over three years with Native American author David Treuer. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 47.

Discusses the similarities and contrasts between two research projects within an Indigenous research framework using the conversational method.

Explores some of the key issues in working with indigenous cultural traditions written by counselors and counselor educators who have worked in the South Pacific.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2000.

Transcript of framework on education rights originally submitted to the 1993 World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education; refinement of the document was antidipated from conference delegates.

Suggests that the competitive classroom is not culturally suited to Aboriginal students.

Educator discusses his move from written to oral exams/conferences in Native American literature courses as a way of incorporating Aboriginal styles of teaching and learning. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Argues that the training of Aboriginal counseling and community psychologists should move away from conventional counseling to a more culturally sensitive position that includes Aboriginal values.

Education Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.