Two primary, interdependent goals of the NSW Higher School Certificate Aboriginal Studies course are enhancing Indigenous students’ self-concepts and educational outcome. It was considered that these would lead to increased Indigenous student participation and retention to Year 12. Yet recently there has been a decline in enrolments. Despite the introduction of Aboriginal Studies over a decade ago, no rigorous research has been undertaken to determine the impact of the course or the extent to which the aims of the course have been achieved. Research in Aboriginal Education has identified that Indigenous students are still not achieving at the same level as their non-Indigenous counterparts. However, the majority of studies to date have been theoretical and descriptive in nature. The primary purpose of the present investigation was to address some of the above issues by elucidating the (a) factors that influence Indigenous students’ decisions to participate in the HSC Aboriginal Studies course; (b) impact of the course on Indigenous students’ self-concepts and educational outcomes; and (c) strengths and limitations of the course. The research was undertaken in three NSW Department of Education and Training secondary schools, located in rural, north coast, and south coast areas. Results indicated that Indigenous students choose Aboriginal Studies based on their need to understand more about their own culture. There were also clear educational benefits in that Aboriginal Studies was considered to be a motivational factor that encouraged attendance at school and enhanced their academic self concept. Both staff and students suggested that the academic rigour of the Aboriginal Studies course contributed to declining enrolments. Overall the findings suggest that whilst the current course has some limitations, there are also many strengths; this implies there is a need to continue to refine the course to meet the needs of Indigenous students. / Master of Education (Hons)

Two primary, interdependent goals of the NSW Higher School Certificate Aboriginal Studies course are enhancing Indigenous students’ self-concepts and educational outcome. It was considered that these would lead to increased Indigenous student participation and retention to Year 12. Yet recently there has been a decline in enrolments. Despite the introduction of Aboriginal Studies over a decade ago, no rigorous research has been undertaken to determine the impact of the course or the extent to which the aims of the course have been achieved. Research in Aboriginal Education has identified that Indigenous students are still not achieving at the same level as their non-Indigenous counterparts. However, the majority of studies to date have been theoretical and descriptive in nature. The primary purpose of the present investigation was to address some of the above issues by elucidating the (a) factors that influence Indigenous students’ decisions to participate in the HSC Aboriginal Studies course; (b) impact of the course on Indigenous students’ self-concepts and educational outcomes; and (c) strengths and limitations of the course. The research was undertaken in three NSW Department of Education and Training secondary schools, located in rural, north coast, and south coast areas. Results indicated that Indigenous students choose Aboriginal Studies based on their need to understand more about their own culture. There were also clear educational benefits in that Aboriginal Studies was considered to be a motivational factor that encouraged attendance at school and enhanced their academic self concept. Both staff and students suggested that the academic rigour of the Aboriginal Studies course contributed to declining enrolments. Overall the findings suggest that whilst the current course has some limitations, there are also many strengths; this implies there is a need to continue to refine the course to meet the needs of Indigenous students. / Master of Education (Hons)

The purpose of this study was to explore th relationship between urban indigenous students¡¦ creativity and their growing environments. One hundred and two junior high school students, 52 senior high school students, and 126 vocational high school students were selected by convenience sampling. The participants complete the ¡§Creativity Environment Scale¡¨ and ¡§Torrance Creativity Thinking Test¡¨. Descriptive statistics, t tests, and analysis of variance were conducted on the quantitative data. In addition, 4 targeted students with the high creativity scores were tested for performance assessment and were interviewed after the survey. The main findings in this study were as follows: 1. Urban indigenous students in junior and senior high school has significantly higher scores in creativity than urban indigenous students in vocational high school. 2. Urban indigenous girl students has significantly higher scores in creativity than urban indigenous boy students. 3. Urban indigenous students of junior high school reported that their ¡§family provided creativity opportunities¡¨ score was significantly higher than senior and vocational high school indigenous students. 4. Urban indigenous girl students¡¦ scores of ¡§emotion support in family¡¨, ¡§emotion exchange in school¡¨ and ¡§encourages exchange in school¡¨ were significantly higher than boys¡¦. 5. The urban indigenous students whose parents has high education level scored higher in the category of ¡¥¡¦family provided opportunity¡¦¡¦ than students whose parents were less educated. 6. Urban indigenous students whose teacher were non-indigenous has higher scores in ¡§school provided opportunity¡¨ than urban indigenous students with indigenous teachers. 7. Urban indigenous students has significantly higher scores in ¡§fluency¡¨,¡§originality¡¨, and ¡§elaboration¡¨ than non-indigenous students, while non-indigenous students has significantly higher scores in ¡§verbal¡¨ than urban indigenous students. 8. After interviewing and performance assessment, it was found that there was significant relationship between their early childhood upbringing environment and creativity. 9. The urban indigenous students from better family and school environment has significantly higher scores in creativity than those from less fortunate environment. . The findings and suggestions from this research may be used for future researches on urban indigenous students.

Os últimos quinze anos foram marcados por um aumento expressivo de ações afirmativas nas universidades públicas brasileiras, propiciando, entre muitas coisas, uma presença significativa de estudantes indígenas em cursos de graduação e, mais recentemente, de pósgraduação por todo o país. A partir desse contexto e do acompanhamento de experiências em duas instituições de ensino superior, a UFSCar e a UFAM, buscamos, neste trabalho, entrelaçar dois conjuntos de questões. Em um primeiro momento, refletimos sobre as motivações e possibilidades de ingresso de estudantes indígenas às universidades, focando no debate em torno da constituição de políticas de ação afirmativa. Explora-se, nele, tanto a perspectiva institucional, de Estado, na elaboração e implementação das políticas afirmativas, quanto as perspectivas das populações indígenas, a partir do envolvimento e atuação de estudantes e do movimento indígena nesses processos. Com isso, oferecemos exemplos da variedade de possibilidades existentes de implementação de ações afirmativas em cursos regulares de graduação e pós-graduação, e alguns de seus desafios. No momento seguinte, voltamos o olhar para a presença de estudantes indígenas nas universidades, para os modos como constroem suas experiências no ensino superior e como refletem sobre elas. Nas experiências de estudantes indígenas de graduação, destacamos os agenciamentos e movimentos dos/as estudantes em torno de discussões sobre \"cultura\" e \"conhecimento\", assim como suas reflexões sobre a importância de ocuparem as universidades, para se tornarem mais visíveis e mais fortes nesse espaço. No último capítulo, abordamos a presença de estudantes indígenas em cursos de pós-graduação (stricto sensu). Partindo de um breve panorama dessa presença no país, levantamos um debate acerca de noções como \"autoantropologia\" e \"antropologia indígena\". Finalizamos com as experiências de antropólogos indígenas Yepamahsã (Tukano) do NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, que nos permitem perceber as múltiplas possibilidades do exercício antropológico, ao construírem, atualizarem e comporem distintos modos de conhecimento. / During the last fifteen years, there has been an expressive increase of affirmative actions in Brazilian public universities, providing, among many things, a significant presence of indigenous students in undergraduate and, more recently, graduate courses throughout the country. Regarding this context and by the observation of experiences in two higher education institutions, UFSCar e UFAM, this work aims to interweave two sets of questions. At first, we reflect on the motivations and possibilities of indigenous students joying universities, focusing on the debate about the constitution of affirmative action policies. It explores both the institutional, State perspective, at the elaboration and implementation of affirmative policies; and the perspectives of indigenous populations, based on the involvement and participation of students and the indigenous movement in these processes. With this, we offer examples of the variety of existing possibilities for implementing affirmative action in regular undergraduate and graduate courses, and some of its challenges. Following, we focus on the presence of indigenous students in universities, regarding the ways in which they construct their experiences in higher education, and how they reflect on them. The experiences of indigenous undergraduate students are mainly addressed by the students\' assemblies and movements that carried out debates about \"culture\" and \"knowledge\", as well as their reflections on the importance of occupying universities, in order to become more visible and stronger in this space. In the last chapter, we address the presence of indigenous students in postgraduate courses (stricto sensu). Starting from a brief panorama of this presence in the country, we raised a debate about notions like \"autoanthropology\" and \"indigenous anthropology\". We conclude with the experiences of indigenous anthropologists Yepamahsã (Tukano) of the NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, which allow us to perceive the multiple possibilities of the anthropological exercise, when constructing, updating and composing different modes of knowledge.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected demographic variables and the attitudes of teachers toward the oral English of their Indigenous students in Saskatchewan and Queensland.<p>Data were collected by administration of the Indigenous Students Oral English Questionnaire to a total of 217 teachers from schools throughout northern and central Saskatchewan, Canada and Queensland, Australia. The independent variables in the study were: culture, language teaching experience, education, age and sex. The dependent variable was the attitudes of the teachers toward the validity and acceptability of the Indigenous students' oral English.<p>Results of a factor analysis produced four attitudinal factors: Dialect Description, Difference/Deficit, Acceptability/Unacceptability, and Adequacy/Inadequacy. Seven hypotheses were analyzed by one-way analyses of variance to determine if any significant differences existed among the attitudinal factors on the basis of the demographic characteristics of the respondents. <p>The findings of this study must be considered in relation to the following limitations: the size and nature of the sample, the difficulty of measuring attitudes, and the existence of cultural bias. *<p> The study concluded with the following findings;<p>1. The cultural background of the teachers did not relate to differences in attitudinal judgements toward the oral English of Indigenous students.<p>2. The language background related to differences in attitudes toward language variation. Teachers who either spoke or understood an Indigenous language or Indigenous English were more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>3. The language and culture of the teachers in combination was found to relate to differing attitudes toward language variation. Those teachers who were both of Indigenous ancestry and either spoke or understood an Indigenous language or Indigenous English were more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>4. The years of teaching experience of the teachers was related to attitudinal differences toward language variation. There was a general trend for teachers with less experience to be more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>5. The-post-secondary education of the teachers was related to their attitudes toward language variation. The teachers with three to four years of post-secondary education and more specialty courses in linguistics, Indigenous education/studies, ESL/ESD, sociology of education, cross-cultural education, cultural anthropology, and language teaching methodologies were more positive and accepting of the speech of their Indigenous students. Length of training was not related to differing attitudes among Canadian teachers.<p>6. The demographic characteristic of age was found to be related to differences in attitudes toward language variation. The younger teachers tended to have more positive attitudes toward the speech of Indigenous children. The variable of sex was important only for the Canandian group.<p>Further findings indicated that the attitudinal factors most likely to be related to demographic characteristics were Difference/Deficit and Adequate/Inadequate. The respondents who tended to be more positive toward the students language generally described it as Different but also Adequate for classroom use. It was concluded that the variables of language, teaching experience, education, age and sex related significantly to teacher attitudes towards the oral English of Indigenous students. It was also found that culture and language in combination related to differences in attitudinal judgments. It was further concluded that since these characteristics were found to be important, teacher education programs need to examine assess, and design preservice, and inservice programs for the teachers of Indigenous children.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected demographic variables and the attitudes of teachers toward the oral English of their Indigenous students in Saskatchewan and Queensland.<p>Data were collected by administration of the Indigenous Students Oral English Questionnaire to a total of 217 teachers from schools throughout northern and central Saskatchewan, Canada and Queensland, Australia. The independent variables in the study were: culture, language teaching experience, education, age and sex. The dependent variable was the attitudes of the teachers toward the validity and acceptability of the Indigenous students' oral English.<p>Results of a factor analysis produced four attitudinal factors: Dialect Description, Difference/Deficit, Acceptability/Unacceptability, and Adequacy/Inadequacy. Seven hypotheses were analyzed by one-way analyses of variance to determine if any significant differences existed among the attitudinal factors on the basis of the demographic characteristics of the respondents. <p>The findings of this study must be considered in relation to the following limitations: the size and nature of the sample, the difficulty of measuring attitudes, and the existence of cultural bias. *<p> The study concluded with the following findings;<p>1. The cultural background of the teachers did not relate to differences in attitudinal judgements toward the oral English of Indigenous students.<p>2. The language background related to differences in attitudes toward language variation. Teachers who either spoke or understood an Indigenous language or Indigenous English were more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>3. The language and culture of the teachers in combination was found to relate to differing attitudes toward language variation. Those teachers who were both of Indigenous ancestry and either spoke or understood an Indigenous language or Indigenous English were more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>4. The years of teaching experience of the teachers was related to attitudinal differences toward language variation. There was a general trend for teachers with less experience to be more positive toward the speech of their Indigenous students.<p>5. The-post-secondary education of the teachers was related to their attitudes toward language variation. The teachers with three to four years of post-secondary education and more specialty courses in linguistics, Indigenous education/studies, ESL/ESD, sociology of education, cross-cultural education, cultural anthropology, and language teaching methodologies were more positive and accepting of the speech of their Indigenous students. Length of training was not related to differing attitudes among Canadian teachers.<p>6. The demographic characteristic of age was found to be related to differences in attitudes toward language variation. The younger teachers tended to have more positive attitudes toward the speech of Indigenous children. The variable of sex was important only for the Canandian group.<p>Further findings indicated that the attitudinal factors most likely to be related to demographic characteristics were Difference/Deficit and Adequate/Inadequate. The respondents who tended to be more positive toward the students language generally described it as Different but also Adequate for classroom use. It was concluded that the variables of language, teaching experience, education, age and sex related significantly to teacher attitudes towards the oral English of Indigenous students. It was also found that culture and language in combination related to differences in attitudinal judgments. It was further concluded that since these characteristics were found to be important, teacher education programs need to examine assess, and design preservice, and inservice programs for the teachers of Indigenous children.

Orientador: Terezinha de Jesus Machado Maher / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T13:16:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Niederauer_Marcia_D.pdf: 10976712 bytes, checksum: 5c85cb91551aed44f6f92aa3d20ca576 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A pesquisa aqui descrita visou investigar a forma como o ingresso e a participação de alunos indígenas no ensino superior é representada pelo site da Universidade de Brasília, confrontando-a com a forma com que sites indígenas os apresentam. Essa investigação partiu do princípio de que são com base no sistema dominante de representação acerca de grupos minoritários que são formuladas políticas públicas voltadas para esses grupos, tais como as de cotas e de reserva de vagas no ensino superior. Outra premissa da qual esta pesquisa partiu é a de que a internet é um dos espaços cruciais dos embates contemporâneos em torno da representação. Para tanto, analiso um corpus formado por textos selecionados no portal UnB e em sites mantidos por universitários ou organizações civis indígenas, valendo-me primordialmente de categorias de análise propostas por Kress e van Leeuwen (2006), van Leeuwen (1997) e Thompson (2002). Por meio do paralelo entre os textos que formam o corpus, esta tese buscou examinar se a forma como a universidade representa esse grupo, cujo protagonismo fora historicamente inviabilizado na esfera de atividades acadêmicas, contribui para os esforços que povos indígenas e universidade têm empreendido, visando democratizar o acesso ao ensino superior no Brasil e promover a pluralidade no espaço acadêmico / Abstract: The research developed here aims to investigate how the entry and participation of Indigenous Students in higher education are represented by the official website of the University of Brasília and also by websites related to indigenous students. This research assumes that public policies for minorities, such as affirmative action in higher education, are based on the dominant system of representation, and, as well, that the internet is one of the main fields where contemporary struggles around representation are pursued. For this purpose, I analyze a corpus composed of texts from the website of the University of Brasilia and websites supported by indigenous students and civic organizations, taking into account primarily the analytical categories proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006), van Leeuwen (1997) and Thompson (2002).Through the comparison between the texts of this corpus, this thesis seeks to examine if the way as the university represents this group, whose role was historically undermined in the sphere of academic activities, contributes indeed to the efforts that indigenous peoples and the university itself have undertaken in order to democratize the access to higher education in Brazil and to promote diversity in the academic sphere / Doutorado / Multiculturalismo, Plurilinguismo e Educação Bilingue / Doutora em Lingüística Aplicada

Os últimos quinze anos foram marcados por um aumento expressivo de ações afirmativas nas universidades públicas brasileiras, propiciando, entre muitas coisas, uma presença significativa de estudantes indígenas em cursos de graduação e, mais recentemente, de pósgraduação por todo o país. A partir desse contexto e do acompanhamento de experiências em duas instituições de ensino superior, a UFSCar e a UFAM, buscamos, neste trabalho, entrelaçar dois conjuntos de questões. Em um primeiro momento, refletimos sobre as motivações e possibilidades de ingresso de estudantes indígenas às universidades, focando no debate em torno da constituição de políticas de ação afirmativa. Explora-se, nele, tanto a perspectiva institucional, de Estado, na elaboração e implementação das políticas afirmativas, quanto as perspectivas das populações indígenas, a partir do envolvimento e atuação de estudantes e do movimento indígena nesses processos. Com isso, oferecemos exemplos da variedade de possibilidades existentes de implementação de ações afirmativas em cursos regulares de graduação e pós-graduação, e alguns de seus desafios. No momento seguinte, voltamos o olhar para a presença de estudantes indígenas nas universidades, para os modos como constroem suas experiências no ensino superior e como refletem sobre elas. Nas experiências de estudantes indígenas de graduação, destacamos os agenciamentos e movimentos dos/as estudantes em torno de discussões sobre \"cultura\" e \"conhecimento\", assim como suas reflexões sobre a importância de ocuparem as universidades, para se tornarem mais visíveis e mais fortes nesse espaço. No último capítulo, abordamos a presença de estudantes indígenas em cursos de pós-graduação (stricto sensu). Partindo de um breve panorama dessa presença no país, levantamos um debate acerca de noções como \"autoantropologia\" e \"antropologia indígena\". Finalizamos com as experiências de antropólogos indígenas Yepamahsã (Tukano) do NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, que nos permitem perceber as múltiplas possibilidades do exercício antropológico, ao construírem, atualizarem e comporem distintos modos de conhecimento. / During the last fifteen years, there has been an expressive increase of affirmative actions in Brazilian public universities, providing, among many things, a significant presence of indigenous students in undergraduate and, more recently, graduate courses throughout the country. Regarding this context and by the observation of experiences in two higher education institutions, UFSCar e UFAM, this work aims to interweave two sets of questions. At first, we reflect on the motivations and possibilities of indigenous students joying universities, focusing on the debate about the constitution of affirmative action policies. It explores both the institutional, State perspective, at the elaboration and implementation of affirmative policies; and the perspectives of indigenous populations, based on the involvement and participation of students and the indigenous movement in these processes. With this, we offer examples of the variety of existing possibilities for implementing affirmative action in regular undergraduate and graduate courses, and some of its challenges. Following, we focus on the presence of indigenous students in universities, regarding the ways in which they construct their experiences in higher education, and how they reflect on them. The experiences of indigenous undergraduate students are mainly addressed by the students\' assemblies and movements that carried out debates about \"culture\" and \"knowledge\", as well as their reflections on the importance of occupying universities, in order to become more visible and stronger in this space. In the last chapter, we address the presence of indigenous students in postgraduate courses (stricto sensu). Starting from a brief panorama of this presence in the country, we raised a debate about notions like \"autoanthropology\" and \"indigenous anthropology\". We conclude with the experiences of indigenous anthropologists Yepamahsã (Tukano) of the NEAI/PPGAS/UFAM, which allow us to perceive the multiple possibilities of the anthropological exercise, when constructing, updating and composing different modes of knowledge.