Cultural Framework

Discusses strategies for student engagement and improvements to learning and teaching.

Concept paper focuses on three areas: recruitment/graduation of teachers, cultural training, and native language certification.

Reviews research regarding transitional models as well as interviews of students to determine success and gaps in the transition experience. Presents recommendations.

Discusses ways school principals and teachers can contribute to creating a school culture more accepting of Aboriginal ways of learning.

Study looks at way to increase efficacy in incorporating Indigenous ways of seeing into classroom settings; teacher-participants evaluated professional learning from a day On Country. Feedback from educators recommends two day On Country, adequate in-school follow-up, and ongoing support through a blog.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2008.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2011.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Briefly discusses topics such as the significance of the circle, community, the drum, interconnectedness, land and identity, and ways of knowing.

Comments on the Duke of Edinburgh Award program that encourages participation of Aboriginal youth, provides meaningful activities, and recognizes community involvement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.

Reports results of survey of 189 mentees ( aged 11-17) and 199 mentors who had participated in the program. Four themes emerged: perceptions and use of technology; awareness of online safety and netiquette; cyberbullying prevalence; and prevention and coping skills.

Discusses the­ psycho-social, economic, educational and environmental factors and the impact they have on the socialization experiences of Aboriginal youth. The article also examines the factors that contribute to risk and resiliency.

Educational Administration and Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2003.

Describes the need for teachers to attend a program available at the University of Saskatchewan that promotes integrating the school with the community.

Article discusses the barriers faced by Indigenous academics generally, and specifically those faced by Aboriginal people working and teaching in the discipline of philosophy.

Comments on the positive impact on students' science learning through the introduction of elements of Indigenous language and culture into the classroom. Adapation from sections of full article, Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources in Science Classrooms: An Approach to Enhance Learning Agency

Discusses new ways of engagement to expand knowledge and understanding of Indigenous education.

Comments on the four key principles that guide the development of education programs and services.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1980.

Guidance and Counselling Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2003.

In short non-fiction piece author talks about her experiences at Dechinta Bush University.

Study aimed at developing a theoretical framework for implementation of a program of intervention activities.

Secondary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2016.

Discusses critical perspectives within American Indian/Native American studies including nationalism, indigenism, cosmopolitanism, and tribal transnationalism.

Observations suggest that knowledge is viewed differently by various cultures.

Examines perceptions of young Aboriginal mothers attending an urban FAS prevention program, discusses the two distinct uses of the term "culturally appropriate" in FAS pedagogy, and concludes with an analysis of the participants insights and the policy texts.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2001.

"This study examined teacher candidates' perceptions of elementary school curriculum related to Native American peoples in general and local Native communities in particular".

Uses Blue Quills First Nations College as a case study.

Criticizes the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) as not being a satisfactory process to fairly compensate all residential school survivors in a timely fashion.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

Article describes the best instruction methods with Australian Aboriginal adult students.

Looks at a sociolinguistic view of Aboriginal English; approaches to minority dialects in institutional settings; dialectal damage; a modified immersion model to address Aboriginal English needs; and Aboriginal English in British Columbia schools.

Introductory article describing the individual perspectives and interests of the authors on this theme.

Describes the Aboriginal Education Research Council's evolution, activities, accomplishments and future directions and development strategies.

Summit held at First Nations University of Canada, March 10, 2011 which provided forum to identify both challenges to, and accomplishments of, Aboriginal post-secondary institutions.

Discusses philosophies found in selected African Indigenous proverbs to talk about traditions, power and authority, relationships, and responsibilities and the individual in the context of youth violence.

Focuses on addressing the needs of students making the transition from small, often isolated reserves, to schools in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, and other towns and cities.

Discusses goals of program and how it is relevant to creating conditions for student success.

Tracks the creation of a cultural apprenticeship program which aims to give youth in the community the necessary skills, knowledge and experiences in land, language and culture to retain and regenerate land-based practices which had been affected by environmental contamination.

Describes the Yupiaq beliefs and their need to balance new technology and education with their own culture and environment.

Book review of: Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education by Michael Jennings.

Lists cultural, content, quality, and performance standards developed to evaluate the educational and cultural well- being of students.

The significance of incorporating Native Alaskan music, dance and culture into the school system .

Article explores the successes and challenges of a Haida Language preservation and revitalization program administered by Sealaska Heritage Institute on the Northwest Coast.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2015.

Discussion on the linguistic imperialism of purism and monolingualism; and looks at the ideological transformation needed to preserve, revitalize, and reclaim heritage languages.

Reviews a number of children's books which are retellings of First Nations legends: Beardream by Will Hobbs. The Day the Sun was Stolen by Jamie Oliviero. Eagle's Gift by Rafe Martin. Echoes of the Elders by Chief Lelooska, edited by Christine Normandin. Frog Girl by Paul Owen Lewis. The Girl Who Dreamed only Geese, and Other Tales of the Far North by Howard Norman, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. The Girl Who Lived with Bears retold by Barbara Diamond Goldin. Messenger of Spring by C. J.

Describes and analyzes the increase and diversity of regulations relating to Indigenous language teaching in the United States.