Curriculum

Argues that conventional discourse on retention and success excludes Indigenous worldviews and presents some alternatives to enrich the Aboriginal student experience.

Discusses the importance of revealing the truth regarding residential schools in order to promote healing and prevent repetition of mistakes.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2009.

Looks at the value of cultural knowledge as a resource for enhancing intellectual development in all students.

Overview of government services in Nunavut resulting from a series of public consultations.

Theorizes that Native American students in Waubun-Ogema-White Earth school district underachieve because those with a vested interest in their education have lowered standards to a point that under-achievement is more likely than not. Paper from AERA Annual Meeting, 2006.

Author uses personal experiences to explain the stresses involved with understanding two cultures relating to values, activities, obedience, worldview and contemporary cultural tools.

Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).

Examines aboriginal dropout rates, quality of instruction, and support from home in the education system.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2003.

Outlines key findings and recommendations from analysis conducted with stakeholders concerning school health nutrition (SHN) and HIV activities.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1986.

Discusses students conceptions of good citizenship including a sense of nationalism, concern for the environment and embracing multiculturalism.

Tells how a series of biographical stories, intended for school curriculum, were produced and how they would provide an alternative representation of Aboriginal people.

Introduces the history of Sámi education, its present state, future challenges, and practical solutions.

Discussion of educational standards for First Nation schools.

Literature review reveals that students are not developing cognitive academic language skills to be successful and recommends processes for transitioning from reservation English.

Provides lessons, containing ideas for connecting, processing and transforming, using First Nations literature.

Education Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2016.

Looks at project geared to the rapid improvement of reading achievement.

Looks at the link between linguistic and cultural diversity and Indigenous languages to knowledge systems of the Mohawk in Canada and the United States, the Hawaiian in the Pacific, and the Hopi and Navajo in the U. S. Southwest.

Discusses how the educational system imposed by the British served to create social injustice. Chapter one from Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, Research and Practice edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jenny Lee-Morgan.

Discusses the need to implement and integrate Indigenous knowledge into the African school system.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Outlines five key ingredients for culturally responsive Indigenous education (Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreements, data collection, targeted funding, Aboriginal District Principals, and advocates and support workers) and profiles the Academy of Indigenous Studies at Mount Boucherie Secondary School.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2013

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2002.

Documents the process of implementing recommendations developed through previous research conducted at the Father Porte Memorial Dene School in Black Lake, Saskatchewan. Initial report

Looks at factors that may explain the difficulties Cree Students are faced with in present day school format and that these difficulties are also encountered by other school environments.

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.

List of research reports and policy oriented briefs and articles addressing the improvement of academic outcomes for AI/NA students.

Case study of a successful teaching approach that combined the mathematical content with the indigenous culture.

Discusses how storytelling and story acting can be used as a learning strategy for the teaching and research community.

Analysis of students responses to traumatic Aboriginal history while studying the novel, Porcupines and China Doll by Robert Arthur Alexie.

Assessment based on topics covered (residential school legacy, treaties, historical and contemporary contributions of Aboriginal peoples), whether or not teaching is mandatory, and grades included. Carried out in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 62.1.

Study undertaken in 2007 by the Prince George, BC School District.

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 community efforts to work within federal programmes and develop and deliver services to First Nations students with limited funding from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Learning Resources Project towards (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1983.

Examines the approach taken to minority group knowledges in two recently published sets of junior secondary science texts, with a specific focus on the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge into the texts.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2007.

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.

An overview of First Nations-specific curriculum; identifies the curriculum needs, barriers and challenges; looks at cost estimates for curriculum development ; and makes recommendations to improve the current First Nations curriculum.

Looks at shared stories of experiences by Aboriginal children and families and shared experiences of white teachers. Report is the result of a two year investigation.

Mathematics and Statistics Thesis (M.T.M.)--Concordia University, 2007.

Uses psychological research and theory to explain the consequences of the school system in terms of: poor academic performance and inability to continue education, which in turn affects employment opportunities and future income.