Policy & Planning

Compares Eurocentric and Indigenous ways of knowing and how both can be included in contemporary education systems. Entire issue on one pdf. To read article scroll to p. 1.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (MEd)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Looks at research conducted among Indigenous people in Botswana, Africa to build on concept of 'globalization from below' or human community.

Compares second level services and funding levels provided in schools operated by a Tribal Council and by a provincial school division.

Curriculum and Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2009.

Book review of: Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculumby Yatta Kanu.

Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.L.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2000.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.L.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 2000.

Book review of: Inuit Education and Schools in the Eastern Arctic by Heather E. McGregor.

Compares differences in educational policy approaches between Alberta, Nunavut and Nunavik.

Offers solutions on achieving and maintaining Inuit language proficiency.

Shows how two Nunavut high schools offer Inuit language and Inuit qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to support students in learning and cultural practices.

Examines the complex problem of Native Americans leaving school before completion.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.

Assesses the academic performance of Native American students relative to other ethnic groups based on cultural issues, learning styles, and questions of choice and participation in educational opportunities. Paper from Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer and Rachel Tudor.

Looks at underlying factors affecting student's learning and suggests strategies for improvement.

Examines the need for and challenges to implementing Indigenous perspectives in the Canadian education system. Chapter in Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education edited by Thomas Falkenberg. To access chapter, scroll down to page 19.

Contains links to seven reports: 1) Education Accord - in Syllabics 2) Education Accord - in English 3) Education Summit Report 4) Indigenous Standards in Education 5) Inuit Early Childhood Education and Care 6) Partnering with Parents and Communities and 7) Post-Secondary Case Studies in Inuit Education.

Book review of: Clean, Clad and Courteous: A History of Aboriginal Education in New South Wales by J.J Fletcher.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Discusses jurisdiction, funding and accountability, education standards and language, and cultural traditions as foundational elements for a new system.

Educational Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2010.

Native Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2006.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1984

Students used photographs to create a media narrative about their perspectives of the positive and negative influences of a healthy school environment.

Discusses the evolution of Aboriginal engagement and programming at St. Mary's Community School located in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.

Covers topics such as supporting students, terminology, history, treaty rights, and Aboriginal worldview.

Looks at a rural community and its leadership plan to include the Yup'k language, beliefs, and values into the school policy and planning process.

Recommends hiring more Aboriginal teachers, staff, as well as facilitators to build cross-cultural understanding through communication, consultation with Aboriginal parents and organizations.

Reports on the issues arising from the dominant English language policies that are predominant in the vast number of K-12 schools.

Examines collaborative research and school improvement project between the village of Manokotak, school district and University of Alaska Fairbanks about instruction in English or Yup'ik.

Looks at several provisions in the NCLB which are problematic for Native American Schools and students.

Continuing Education Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Saskatchewan, 1985.

Educational Administration, Foundation & Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Focus of report: planning, leadership, community involvement, policies, instructional practices, assessment, professional development, facilities and resources.

Analyzes different learning styles and discusses strategies for teachers to utilize a more culturally responsive teaching style.

Looks at changes to thinking about Indigenous education, from a racial and feminist frame of reference.

"This article explores how local community practice has changed whereby communities are choosing to revitalize and maintain their languages, creating official policies to support those languages and thereby creating new speakers".

Discusses deficiencies in English language proficiency and the need for appropriate materials for teaching English as a second language to Navaho students.

Study evaluated the relationships between school, community and parents in five western states based on 98 desirable indicators.

Looks at approaches to closing the literacy achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal kindergarten students.

Includes: examples of engagement strategies, current practices, specific examples of successful initiatives, analysis, and recommendations.

Reviews literature on programs with comparable approaches and discusses how elements of them could be used to improve the program itself.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--Vancouver Island University, 2015.