Curriculum

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

Survey reveals females spend less time on games, programming, and software graphics use and are less likely to enrol in computer science courses in grade 12 or technical institutions.

Looks at a fourth grade social sciences curriculum designed to meet the Oregon Social Sciences Academic Content Standards.

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.

Looks at the ethical and moral commitment of introducing critical race theory to primary and junior elementary students.

Culturally relevant curriculum guide for teachers.

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

Looks at a project that resulted in increased science and math test scores and student retention.

Education Thesis (M.S.)--Bank Street College of Education, 2013.

Shows how literacy effects existing cognitive, linguistic and social structures.

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

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

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

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Walden University, 2000.

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

Looks at the fluidity of epistemic constructs using viewpoints by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Michael Foucault.

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

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of South Dakota, 1994.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of South Dakota, 1994.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.

Looks at the success at Princess Alexandra Community School in creating a culturally affirmative learning environment with community education and staff development through transformative learning.

Guide includes background information, suggested outline for activities, vocabulary list, content standards, and resources for several teaching units.

Suggests that rather than trying to create culturally responsive curricula, there should be a movement toward "culturally founded" education, which would be developed by northern Aboriginal peoples from their own cultural perspectives.

Goal is to provide educational staff with an increased level of awareness of Aboriginal perspectives for integration into the curricula.

Looks at seven "Promising Practices" being implemented in Edmonton Catholic Schools to build awareness of sensitivity to cultural values and practices. Presented at Session 2: Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy: Education Issues. "Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 6, 2008."

Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."

Provides background, materials and activities which are culturally relevant in the areas of science, social studies, and language arts units.

Provides background documentation to assist in developing culturally relevant curricula. Includes materials for "8 Science-Based Units, 8 History/Social Studies-Based Units, 8 Language Arts-Based Units."

Promotes a creative model for English as a Second Language composition classes.

Lessons from A Cree Phrase Book, developed for the Indian Metis Project for Careers in Teacher Education (IMPACTE) at Brandon University for use by non-Cree speakers and is based on the dialects of Manitoba.

Analysis of a photograph of a white settler child and white settler teachers around a fair entry called "Great Plains Indians".

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (D.Ed.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

Philosophy Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 1996.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Looks at the collaboration between Gesgapegiag Mi'gmaq First Nation community school and a northern Maine University to develop a culturally based curriculum to improve educational outcomes.

Discusses project developed to help students cross the border between their community's Aboriginal culture and the culture of Western science.

Overall statistics as well as excerpts from individual responses.

Looked at schools that had high number of successful American Indian/Alaskan Native students in an attempt to identify promising practices for effective teaching. Provides case study examples.

Looks at Canadian and world studies at an Ontario secondary school and the need for more inclusive perceptions of Aboriginal People within geography related curriculums.

Elementary Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of North Florida, 1993.

Reports on a study which implemented a culturally sensitive math curriculum in consultation with local Elders. Results showed an improved outcome in student scores.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2000.

Looks at the impact culturally competent teachers have on creating a successful learning environment for students. Includes examples of successful models in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1988.

Concludes that current K-12 history textbooks inadequately address the complexities of Indigenous education. Chapter 2 from: Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives edited by Prentice T. Chandler. Scroll down to read paper.