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61	A foundation for Cree immersion education Fredeen, Shirley Margaret 23 November 2007 (has links) This study provides selected research findings on which decisions can be based in planning an in-school, publicly funded, Cree immersion program from kindergarten to grade 8 in Saskatchewan. The study was an analysis of language education research relating to the learner in immersion programs. Consequences of immersion education for student linguistic, psycho-social, and educational development were examined and reported. <p>Immersion programs for French, and to a lesser extent, for heritage languages in Canada, have been extensively researched. Immersion programs for Indian languages are few and are relatively unreported. There is, however, an increasing interest in the creation of immersion programs in Indian schools. <p> The analysis of research relating to publicly-funded French, heritage language, and Indian language immersion programs in Canada revealed support for the creation of an early total Cree immersion program. It could have neutral or positive effects on student linguistic, psycho-social, and educational development, under specific program conditions. The following consequences for students were projected: <p>1. a positive effect on Cree language proficiency. Native-like proficiency levels would not necessarily result. <br>2. a neutral or positive effect on cognitive development.<br>3. a positive effect on attitudes toward the Cree language and culture, and a strengthening of Indian identity. <br>4. a neutral or positive effect on self-concet. <br>5. a lessening of social distance between the generations.<p>6. a positive effect on attitudes toward language learning and the immersion experience. <br>7. a positive effect on student understanding of cultural, social, and political aspects of Indian/non-Indian relations.<br>8. a neutral effect on English language and literacy development. Temporary lags in English literacy skills could be expected until after the teaching of English reading. Skill levels could become equivalent to those of comparable students in regular programs within one school year, with the possible exception of spelling.<br>9. a neutral or positive effect on overall educational achievement. Greater understanding of their Indian culture, lowered drop-out rates, and improved work study skills could be predicted. <p> Certain program characteristics which were identified as essential if all of the projected neutral or positive consequences were to be realized include: <p>1. an early total immersion program model.<br> 2. an immersion centre setting.<br>3. introduction of Cree literacy before English literacy.<br>4. adequate Cree language resource materials, for all subjects and grades taught in Cree.<br>5. fluently bilingual and biliterate qualified teachers with specialized training in bilingual education.<br>6. subjects to be taught in Cree to be selected dependent on the availability of resource materials and qualified teachers.<br>7. a carefully planned and implemented program. <p>A Cree immersion program could result in enhanced cognitive and linguistic abilities to the extent that Cree were spoken in students' homes, and that students had opportunities to use Cree outside of the school. Under identified program conditions, early total Cree immersion could have at least neutral 'effects on student self-concept, cognitive development, English language development and academic achievement. It could have positive effects on student Cree language proficiency, attitudes toward the Cree language and culture, attitudes toward language learning, sociopolitical perceptions, communication within the family, retention rates, work study skills, and knowledge about Indian cultures. Cree proficiency attained by students might not be native-like, but could be at a level which would allow them to learn through Cree, and to continue learning the Cree language and culture. Aboriginal education - Saskatchewan Cree language - Study and teaching Native education programs First Nation's education programs Cree language immersion programs Cree language education
62	Reproducing Canada's colonial legacy: a critical analysis of Aboriginal issues in Ontario high school curriculum Watters, Jordan Austin 29 August 2007 (has links) Canadian education has historical roots in blatantly assimilationist policies bent on the social, economic, linguistic and spiritual subjugation of Aboriginal peoples and their cultures. Today, Canadian education has moved away from overtly colonialist discourses and publicly embraced the principles of multiculturalism. This research explores how and if this ideological shift has translated into the practice of contemporary Canadian education as it is experienced by students. My research focuses on the ways Canada’s colonial history and contemporary Aboriginal issues are addressed in mandatory Ontario high school social studies curriculum. This analysis is based on interviews with twenty-five recent high school graduates about what they remember learning about Aboriginal issues and how that knowledge has influenced their understanding of colonialism and Aboriginal peoples today. My interpretive analysis of students’ responses relies on the insights provided by critical pedagogy and postcolonial theory. By drawing on Gramsci, Freire and Apple I challenge the hegemonic practices in education that continue to marginalize Aboriginal peoples and their struggles. This research contributes to scholarship in the sociology of education and postcolonial studies by providing a unique picture of the ways in which young people come to understand Canada’s colonial legacy through their formal education, as well as providing insight into new directions for curriculum development, teacher training and more effective integration of anti-racist pedagogy in Ontario’s high schools. / Thesis (Master, Sociology) -- Queen's University, 2007-08-23 17:38:27.532 Sociology of education Hegemony Instrumental rationality Apple Gramsci Freire Neo-Marxist theory Critical pedagogy Aboriginal education High school Colonial history Aboriginal issues Curriculum
63	A foundation for Cree immersion education 1988 April 1900 (has links) This study provides selected research findings on which decisions can be based in planning an in-school, publicly funded, Cree immersion program from kindergarten to grade 8 in Saskatchewan. The study was an analysis of language education research relating to the learner in immersion programs. Consequences of immersion education for student linguistic, psycho-social, and educational development were examined and reported. Immersion programs for French, and to a lesser extent, for heritage languages in Canada, have been extensively researched. Immersion programs for Indian languages are few and are relatively unreported. There is, however, an increasing interest in the creation of immersion programs in Indian schools. The analysis of research relating to publicly-funded French, heritage language, and Indian language immersion programs in Canada revealed support for the creation of an early total Cree immersion program. It could have neutral or positive effects on student linguistic, psycho-social, and educational development, under specific program conditions. The following consequences for students were projected: 1. a positive effect on Cree language proficiency. Native-like proficiency levels would not necessarily result. 2. a neutral or positive effect on cognitive development.3. a positive effect on attitudes toward the Cree language and culture, and a strengthening of Indian identity. 4. a neutral or positive effect on self-concet. 5. a lessening of social distance between the generations.6. a positive effect on attitudes toward language learning and the immersion experience. 7. a positive effect on student understanding of cultural, social, and political aspects of Indian/non-Indian relations.8. a neutral effect on English language and literacy development. Temporary lags in English literacy skills could be expected until after the teaching of English reading. Skill levels could become equivalent to those of comparable students in regular programs within one school year, with the possible exception of spelling.9. a neutral or positive effect on overall educational achievement. Greater understanding of their Indian culture, lowered drop-out rates, and improved work study skills could be predicted. Certain program characteristics which were identified as essential if all of the projected neutral or positive consequences were to be realized include: 1. an early total immersion program model. 2. an immersion centre setting.3. introduction of Cree literacy before English literacy.4. adequate Cree language resource materials, for all subjects and grades taught in Cree.5. fluently bilingual and biliterate qualified teachers with specialized training in bilingual education.6. subjects to be taught in Cree to be selected dependent on the availability of resource materials and qualified teachers.7. a carefully planned and implemented program. A Cree immersion program could result in enhanced cognitive and linguistic abilities to the extent that Cree were spoken in students' homes, and that students had opportunities to use Cree outside of the school. Under identified program conditions, early total Cree immersion could have at least neutral 'effects on student self-concept, cognitive development, English language development and academic achievement. It could have positive effects on student Cree language proficiency, attitudes toward the Cree language and culture, attitudes toward language learning, sociopolitical perceptions, communication within the family, retention rates, work study skills, and knowledge about Indian cultures. Cree proficiency attained by students might not be native-like, but could be at a level which would allow them to learn through Cree, and to continue learning the Cree language and culture. Aboriginal education - Saskatchewan Cree language - Study and teaching Native education programs First Nation's education programs Cree language immersion programs Cree language education
64	原住民大專中輟生學習模式之研究：南澳鄉碧候部落為例 / A Research on Learning Pattern of Aboriginal College Dropouts: 吉渥絲˙拉娃, Ciwas.Lawa Unknown Date (has links) 中輟，一直是近年來被廣為討論的議題，特別是在台灣屬於少數民族的原住民，其就學的學生常因為許多不利的因素，造成其學業成就低落。因而原民學生中輟率，和漢人比較起來，比率較偏高。在台灣，礙於我國對義務教育的定義，對於原住民大專學生中輟的研究更是有限，並且多以如何促使原住民學生融入學校體制中的學習問題為主。類似的研究總是試圖引導原住民學生回歸教育主軸，因此筆者欲尋部落中與學習相關的生長過程，企圖追尋學生在部落中的學習價值、動機、內涵與教育體制所認定的學習兩者間落差為何。 / 部落學習的環境中，包括家庭教育、同儕學習、部落環境、社會環境。然而部落傳統學習方式下，學生學習習慣的養成過程及偏好，卻在一般研究其教育環節中隱而未現。筆者欲藉此論文看見以家庭教育、部落教育為主的中輟生生活面貌，企圖了解部落學習的樣貌。而這樣的學習是無法用簡單的因果導向為論文內容，因此本文切入角度十分多元由部落經濟、家庭教育、同儕關係、傳統文化學習、宗教信仰等面向述及，欲意探究碧候村原住民中輟生的輟學因素。本研究以歸因理論為架構，以質性研究為取向，採用半結構性訪談、深度訪談等研究方法，探討碧候部落原住民中輟生對自己輟學的歸因歷程。 / 並認為傳統學習與學校學習的落差，來自教科書內容，而其中隱而未現的是主流價值觀替代部落中實用導向的學習價值，教材中並早已決定何未有價值的知識，這與原住民從小生活價值學習取向相異甚鉅。以及學校同儕間與部落生長環境不同的人際互動，部落孩子的直言，與戲謔遊戲卻常引發學校體系師生對立情況，部落所慣於展示的群體力量，被看成是擾亂學校風紀挑戰師長權威的矩動。部落裡，以實用性為主的學習學習動機不同於漢人社會教科書所教導的取向，並且從小對自然理解、對生活需求的認知都是來自部落智慧而非書本式的課外讀物，自然而然對閱讀並不感到興趣。而這一切都是在做中學，並非像教科書先給予我們預防性的知識，這都是與部落學習差異處。 / 部落與補習班的距離，以及家中所可以提供的資源性，甚至部落的師資再再都展現部落學生在面對城鄉差距間學生的弱勢出外就讀後，人際相處模式或課業教與學的不同，所需獨立面對、承擔，甚至改變的各種習慣都是需要長時間調適的，並不若外界想像的容易，而這些弱勢還層遞著原住民世世代代對gaga生活規範的價值觀，何謂人生的價值，因此才造就中輟。 / 沒有祭典的部落，gaga的概念由傳統價值觀濡化基督宗教價值觀，例如，男女關係的保守，以及努力遵守gaga的人可以通過彩虹橋（今為基督教天堂），使得他們不想汲汲營營於書中的智慧，反而以遵守傳統規範為生活要點。這是源於過去歷史故事的集體記憶。而過去對人生的價值觀是人雖勤勞工作，但究竟不是主宰，一切耕耘的成果猶待神的賜予，所以在盡本份後，認為人事盡矣，其他的就只有期待神的裁判了。對部落社會和宇宙觀的典範都需遵守，尤其是兩性間更有嚴格的行為準則，對這些典範和準則如有違犯，也就是迫害整個群體的制序，違害全體安全，因此遵守人與人之間的一切準則，是其重要價值觀念所在。 / 這樣種種的價值觀，都是與社會大眾價值觀不同的。因此如何看見部落價值與主流價值的不同，進而幫助原住民學生可以肯定自己生活環境中，所賦予的價值觀，並在主流社會中自信的成長，是本論文的研究目的。筆者並企圖理清原住民之所以是原住民，不單單是因為血緣，更重要的是代代相傳的價值觀，這樣的價值觀來自家庭、同儕及部落。本篇論文所寄望的是幫助學校師長，連結原住民中輟原因的起源，進而看見多元文化的世界觀。 / 本研究已中輟學生訪談為主，也嘗試經由訪談部落學生的老師、家長和同學，以及部落中的耆老，企圖聯結受訪者對孩子的成敗歸因與中輟生的自我歸因之間的關係，以大致推論碧候部落原住民學生中途輟學的原因。研究的結果將可供關心原住民學童教育之家長、學校老師及教育單位參考。 / Over the past years, a lot of discussions have specially targeted on aboriginal dropouts. Because of many unfavorable factors, aboriginal students have poor academic performances. Compared with Han students, they are much more likely to drop out of school. However, few papers focus on aboriginal college dropouts. Such essays simply argue how to resolve their learning problems and call them back to the mainstream education system. I think otherwise. In their tribes, aboriginal students are cultivated and affected by its surroundings and its norms. They are influential but invisible in the learning process. What matters for aboriginal students is not only the genealogy but also the values passed down from generation to generation. In working on my paper, I aim to find out the relationship between what aboriginal students learn from their tribes and learning models of the current education system. My thesis takes dropouts of Pi-hou Tribe as an example and investigates such factors as tribal economy, family education, peer relationships, religious beliefs, and traditions learning. My study builds upon attribution theory, orients toward qualitative research, and adopts semi structure and in-depth interviews so as to explore Pi-hou-Tribe case. Finally, this paper can serve as a reference for those who are concerned with aboriginal dropouts in view of schooling education and as a starting point for further studies on related issues. 泰雅族原住民教育學習模式中輟生部落環境家庭 Tayal learning pattern aboriginal education dropout environment of tribe family
65	Bringing indigenous perspectives into education: a case study of "Thunderbird/whale protection and welcoming pole: learning and teaching in an indigenous world" Leik, Vivian 25 August 2009 (has links) This thesis explores the Indigenous pedagogy modeled in the university course Thunderbird/Whale Protection and Welcoming Pole: Learning and Teaching in an Indigenous World. This case study uses primary data from in depth, retrospective interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants, as well as document data, to explore the pedagogy and impacts of this course. The research links Indigenous epistemological perspectives with the cultural practices of learning and teaching used. The development of a learning community was part of how Indigenous pedagogy was established through shared goals and principles, respectful relationships and community responsibility. Experiential learning took an Indigenous focus through observation and active engagement in carving and group projects, and through reflective practices and ceremony. The perceived impacts and influences of this course included building cross cultural bridges through the breaking down of cultural barriers, and the development of personal and professional awareness. The course also illuminated the cultural implications of education and demonstrated to Indigenous communities that the university was opening its doors to Indigenous pedagogical practices and culture. Indigenous pedagogy Epistemology cross cultural learning cultural approaches Aboriginal education socio-cultural connections Teaching First Nations carving
66	Transforming perspectives: the immersion of student teachers in indigenous ways of knowing Tanaka, Michele Therese Duke 28 August 2009 (has links) In the increasingly diverse context of North American schools, cross-cultural understanding is of fundamental importance. Most teachers are mono-cultural – typically white, middle class women. To inform teaching practice, these educators draw primarily from personal cultural backgrounds often to the exclusion or detriment of other cultural ways of knowing brought to the classroom by students. Teacher education programs are challenged to interrupt the norms of their conventional practices in order to help dominant culture teachers become more sensitive and insightful towards issues of cross-cultural pedagogy. In particular, the needs of Canadian Aboriginal students require close attention. Indigenous ways of learning and teaching are rarely included in school curricula. This dissertation argues that not only is an indigenous pedagogy useful for Aboriginal students, it also serves to support learning for all students in a multicultural classroom. This phenomenological narrative study looked at the experience of non-Aboriginal preservice teachers enrolled in a university course taught by instructors from several First Nations of Canada. The course took place on Lkwungen Coast Salish territory and provided direct access to indigenous knowledge as the participants worked with earth fibre textiles. The wisdom keepers created a place for the preservice teachers to participate extensively in a cultural approach to learning that was quite different from their previous educational experiences. While engaging in the indigenous handwork, the preservice teachers carefully observed both their own processes as learners and the ways in which the wisdom keepers in the course acted as teachers. The insight gained through this reflexive work troubled the participants’ deep-seated Eurocentric perspectives. Reflecting on personal shifts in attitudes, values and beliefs about the twinned processes of learning and teaching, the participants reported changes in their teaching practice with both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students. Significant themes in the data revolve around issues of personal and social intent, reflective and reflexive practice, spirituality, the endogenous processes of the learner, learning in community, and teachers’ faith in the learner. The data suggest that implementing an eco/social/spiritual framework is useful in cross-cultural learning and teaching environments as well as in the context of educational research. indigenous learning and teaching teacher education cross-cultural understanding teacher development reflection reflexivity pedagogy Aboriginal education spirituality reflexivity capacity learning and teaching teacher training walking alongside Aboriginal deep ecology pedagogy elementary cross-cultural education two-eyed seeing
67	Indigenous language education policy: supporting community-controlled immersion De Korne, Haley 02 September 2009 (has links) The vitality of most Indigenous languages in North America, like minority languages in many parts of the world, is at risk due to the pressures of majority (in most cases colonial) languages and cultures. The transmission of Indigenous languages through school-based programs is a wide-spread approach to maintaining and revitalizing threatened languages in Canada and the U.S., where a large majority of Indigenous children attend public schools. Policy for Indigenous language education (ILE) in public schools is controlled primarily on the regional (province/ state/ territory) level, and there is a lack of shared knowledge about policy approaches in different regions, as well as a lack of knowledge about effective ILE policy in general. While no ideal policy model is possible due to the diversity of different language and community contexts, there are several factors that have been identified through language acquisition research and years of practice in ILE as being closely linked to the success of ILE; immersion approaches to education and community control of education. One framework within which to analyze ILE policy is thus the degree of support present for immersion methods and community control. This study analyzes regional, national, and international policies impacting ILE in Canadian and U.S. public schools, and shows that although there are many regions lacking ILE policy, there are a growing number of supportive ILE policies currently in place. The varying levels of support that different policies provide, and a discussion of different ways in which immersion and community control may be supported in ILE policy are illustrated through examples of existing policies. Several recommendations for the development of future ILE policy are offered, including the importance of diverse policy approaches, support for bilingual education in general, and further development of Indigenous language teacher training and Indigenous control of ILE. Through this specific area of research, the study aims to contribute to knowledge about approaches to the transmission, and ultimate revitalization, of threatened Indigenous languages. Indigenous language Native American Aboriginal Education Bilingual education language policy education policy language revitalization
68	We Can Do It (Education) Better: An Examination of Four Secondary School Approaches for Aboriginal Students in Northwestern Ontario Landon, Rocky 17 December 2012 (has links) The following study is an exercise in understanding how educators can improve their professional practice in terms of addressing the needs of Aboriginal high school students. The study was delimited to four different high schools in Northwestern Ontario in order to develop a broader understanding of best practices used by various school communities. Interviews were conducted with students and educational professionals such as teachers, administrators, guidance personnel and school board members. The study was completed over a period of one week, where one day was spent in each school completing interviews. This study is unique in two ways: it presents the voices of secondary school educators (which had scarcely been reported or heard in the academic community) outlining the direction in which Aboriginal education should go and secondly, as a researcher I attempted to use the medicine wheel as a model for completing and conducting research. There were a number of findings that appeared through the interviews. Teachers and administrators agreed that in order for Aboriginal students to succeed they needed to have involved parental support. It was important to teachers that parents take an active role in the educational life of their child. Additionally, it was acknowledged that First Nation communities were ideal settings for schooling of Aboriginal students as they were supported by family and community kinships. Yet in this study, it was also acknowledged that First Nation schools suffered financially in comparison to provincial schools. They were not able to provide programming comparable to provincial schools and iii were limited to a barebones program with compulsory courses being offered. In some cases, if students failed a course, they were not able to participate in the rest of the school program, until the course was re-taught in two years. Despite these shortcomings, students might do better in First Nation based schools if they were adequately funded with current resources and adequately compensated teachers. This study offers some suggestions on how to improve the practice of educating First Nation secondary students. Aboriginal education Teaching Pedagogy First Nations Teaching Approaches Medicine Wheel as methodology Aboriginal success in school Collective Case study Native Education Public education for Aboriginal students Internet Schooling Teaching in First Nation communities Professional Development Teacher voices Voices of Educators Educational practitioners How to be successful teaching Aboriginal Aboriginal circle methodology School assessment Program assessment Medicine Wheel and school First Nations education counsellors Small schools and success Small First Nations schools Aboriginal Native American Aboriginal Medicine Wheel as Methodology Aboriginal research Aboriginal pedagogy First Nations schools Educational change Educational practices Educational strategies Education Distance Education in Ontario Native Native American Studies Native Peoples Pedagogical approaches Pedagogy Teacher development Teacher education Teacher attitudes Teacher effectiveness Teacher improvement Teacher professional development Teacher strategies Teacher student relationship Teacher approaches Teacher training Teaching methods Teaching techniques
69	We Can Do It (Education) Better: An Examination of Four Secondary School Approaches for Aboriginal Students in Northwestern Ontario Landon, Rocky 17 December 2012 (has links) The following study is an exercise in understanding how educators can improve their professional practice in terms of addressing the needs of Aboriginal high school students. The study was delimited to four different high schools in Northwestern Ontario in order to develop a broader understanding of best practices used by various school communities. Interviews were conducted with students and educational professionals such as teachers, administrators, guidance personnel and school board members. The study was completed over a period of one week, where one day was spent in each school completing interviews. This study is unique in two ways: it presents the voices of secondary school educators (which had scarcely been reported or heard in the academic community) outlining the direction in which Aboriginal education should go and secondly, as a researcher I attempted to use the medicine wheel as a model for completing and conducting research. There were a number of findings that appeared through the interviews. Teachers and administrators agreed that in order for Aboriginal students to succeed they needed to have involved parental support. It was important to teachers that parents take an active role in the educational life of their child. Additionally, it was acknowledged that First Nation communities were ideal settings for schooling of Aboriginal students as they were supported by family and community kinships. Yet in this study, it was also acknowledged that First Nation schools suffered financially in comparison to provincial schools. They were not able to provide programming comparable to provincial schools and iii were limited to a barebones program with compulsory courses being offered. In some cases, if students failed a course, they were not able to participate in the rest of the school program, until the course was re-taught in two years. Despite these shortcomings, students might do better in First Nation based schools if they were adequately funded with current resources and adequately compensated teachers. This study offers some suggestions on how to improve the practice of educating First Nation secondary students. Aboriginal education Teaching Pedagogy First Nations Teaching Approaches Medicine Wheel as methodology Aboriginal success in school Collective Case study Native Education Public education for Aboriginal students Internet Schooling Teaching in First Nation communities Professional Development Teacher voices Voices of Educators Educational practitioners How to be successful teaching Aboriginal Aboriginal circle methodology School assessment Program assessment Medicine Wheel and school First Nations education counsellors Small schools and success Small First Nations schools Aboriginal Native American Aboriginal Medicine Wheel as Methodology Aboriginal research Aboriginal pedagogy First Nations schools Educational change Educational practices Educational strategies Education Distance Education in Ontario Native Native American Studies Native Peoples Pedagogical approaches Pedagogy Teacher development Teacher education Teacher attitudes Teacher effectiveness Teacher improvement Teacher professional development Teacher strategies Teacher student relationship Teacher approaches Teacher training Teaching methods Teaching techniques

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