Literacy & Numeracy

Discusses how standardized testing contributes to class polarization and underdevelopment in Manitoba's core neighbourhoods.

Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.

Outcomes and recommendations from a review to address issues such as educational attainment and unemployment.

Discusses how the value of literacy has been recognized by the Micmac Tribe for over 300 years and illustrates how varieties of scripts imposed by outside cultures has impeded production of bi-cultural educational materials.

Reflects on issues of resonance and representation in children's literature.

Early Childhood Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2007.

Looks at three stage model in urban schools with Maori and Pasifika students and rural/remote group in New Zealand.

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Overview of the sixth World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) held in Morley, Alberta including the bidding process.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.43.

Citing examples from research done in Botswana, article discusses several factors effecting education: spatial distance, cultural distance and a failure to accommodate local language and culture. To access this article, scroll down to page 46.

Interviews mothers of preschool aged children regarding home literacy practices.

Describes the literacy program for the Moose Cree Education Authority in Moose Factory, Ontario which is designed to help learners attain the necessary skills to secure employment, encourage enrolment in further training or education, and achieve personal independence.

Looks at the place and power of stories in literacy formation whether they are picture books or oral and what that means to white teachers. Uses an example from the study.

Discusses how a multiplicity of discourses and forms such as oral, written, digital as well as multiple languages can be applied to teaching in Canadian Indigenous contexts.

Assesses the reading, writing and language grammar for year three of the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy) test. Discusses how Aboriginal children are at an disadvantage.

Compares accomplishments of AI/AN students to other ethnic groups in response to three reading behaviours: locate and recall information, integrate and interpret, critique and evaluate. See Part II - The Educational Experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Grades 4 and 8 Statistical Analysis Report.

Focuses on two major concerns raised throughout first decade's results from the National Indian Education Study: contextual factors associated with higher- and lower-performing students and how students see themselves in terms of their languages, culture and hopes for the future. Studies related to academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics and reading, and their school experiences.

Comments on two main issues: the influence of culture between children's homes and classrooms and an examination of instructional approaches that have been used with Native American children to promote literacy.

Provides an historical overview of conflict between school and community and asserts that Native American involvement in curriculum is essential for successful reading programs.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2003.

Focuses on learner characteristics, instructional, social, and cultural environment, and learner outcomes.

Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.

Successes and problems of two Toronto organizations that received grants to provide literacy assistance for the urban Aboriginal population.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 1988.

Language, Reading and Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1993.

Report accessed through separate chapters.

Paper studies some of the successful programs and initiatives undertaken to improve access for this diverse patron group.

Provides a synopsis of four basic linguistic concepts and brief discussion of their implications for second language learning.

After experiencing visits to five tribal libraries, staff members of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the special circumstances and problems encountered by those providing services at this level.

"Report to the Ministry of Education".

"Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography"

Elementary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2005.

Results indicate that supplemental funding provides highly effective support for literacy skill development.

Includes text of four stories, classroom handouts, learning activities, writing resources, and instructor notes.

Looks at program using first language for number concept development.

Discusses importance and nature of programs, best practices, gives examples of models and how they can be adapted to Aboriginal families, and outlines current Friendship Centre practices.

Discusses how language can empower people or disenfranchise them.

Looks at possible explanations for the alarming rates of suicide within the Native American community.

Discusses how a teacher incorporated First Nations literature into high school English to motivate her students to read.

Discusses linking local ecological knowledge and science education.

Discusses making evidence based research more accessible to educational policy makers when rethinking important concepts.

Editorial to special issue focusing on historical and contemporary Indigenous education.

Book review of: Orality & Literacy edited by Keith Thor Carlson, Kristina Fagan, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen.

Identifies and discusses several prevalent myths associated with the Native American experience.