(2000). Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge. Adopted by Assembly of Alaska Native Educators (Anchorage, Alaska, February 1, 2000). Guidelines are presented that address issues in the documentation, representation, and utilization of Alaska Natives' traditional cultural knowledge. This guidance is intended to encourage the incorporation of indigenous knowledge and teaching practices in schools by minimizing the potential for misuse and misunderstanding. The guidelines provide assistance to school personnel seeking to apply the Alaska standards for culturally responsive schools in their work. Native educators throughout the state contributed to the development of these guidelines through a series of workshops and meetings associated with the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative. Throughout this document, Elders are accorded a central role as the primary source of cultural knowledge. Guidelines are listed to increase the cultural responsiveness of Native Elders, authors and illustrators, curriculum developers and administrators, teachers, editors and publishers, document reviewers, researchers, Native language… [PDF]
(1999). Education, Traditional Knowledge and the Indian Future: An Interview with Native American Educator, Author and Philosopher, Vine Deloria, Jr. Winds of Change, v14 n4 p20-23 Aut. An interview with Native American educator, Vine Deloria, Jr., discusses changes in the state of higher education for American Indians over the past 30 years, focusing on pitfalls for Indian students entering higher education, suggestions regarding how to improve training for teachers of Indian students, the place of traditional knowledge in postsecondary education, and his dreams for the future. (CDS)…
(1983). Positive Discrimination in Education: A Comparative Investigation of Its Bases, Forms, and Outcomes. Comparative Education Review, v27 n2 p191-203 Jun. Explores some basic theoretical questions pertaining to positive discrimination in education, drawing from empirical experiences of several countries that have practiced it in one form or another–the United States, India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Encompasses policies and practices that have variously been called reverse discrimination, preferential treatment, or affirmative action. (BRR)…
(1993). Curricular Responses to Multiculturalism: An Overview of Teacher Education Courses in Australia. Teaching and Teacher Education, v9 n3 p243-52 Jun. Investigates the extent to which Australian teacher education institutions have responded to multicultural issues. Data are revealed showing that curricular provisions in most institutions were at a token level only. Three cases are presented which illustrate both this tokenism and the preferred model of the permeation of multiculturalism throughout the curriculum. (GLR)…
(1967). Differences That Make the Difference. A total of 20 representatives of state and federal agencies, universities, national voluntary associations, and the staff of the Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training participated in a conference to encourage the inclusion of content relating to different cultural groups in the training of persons who work with these groups in the field of corrections. Papers presented in the document were given by individuals who are members of minority groups or have worked closely with them, and were entitled: (1) \Mexican-Americans,\ (2) \Spanish-Speaking People of the Southwest,\ (3) \American Indians,\ (4) \Japanese-Americans,\ (5) \American Negroes,\ (6) \Puerto Ricans,\ and (7) \The Job Corps Experience with Minorities.\ Recommendations in the summary presentation,\Cultural Differences: Implications for Corrections\ include: (1) incorporating content on cultural differences into training programs, (2) using minority group members as instructors, (3) training future workers… [PDF]
(1974). The National University of Zaire: Birth, Organizational Structure and Development. Bulletin of the Association of African Universities, 1, 1, 95-108, May 74. The National University of Zaire was established in 1971 from the merger of three formerly independent universities and 17 institutions of higher learning. The reform changed higher education administrative organization, emphasized African culture and Africanization of the academic staff, and achieved statutory integration of the university into the state. (SW)…
(2001). Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Indigenous Students' Learning and Schematic Knowledge. Learning a second dialect entails learning new schemas. Most Australian Aboriginal children live in a bicultural, bidialectal context and are exposed to the discourse of Australian English, so they internalize some of its schemas but may not be able to use its schemas effectively or distinguish them from Aboriginal English schemas. Analysis of the discourse of bidialectal Aboriginal children in Southwest Australia suggests that the discourse exhibits the use of schemas from Aboriginal English and Australian English as well as parodic uses of Australian English schemas and schematic blends, which may be dysfunctional. The paper investigates, from the perspective of schema theory, the acquisition of standard Australian English as a second dialect by Aboriginal children speaking Aboriginal English as their first dialect. It begins by reviewing research on dialect acquisition and schema theory, then describes Aboriginal English and standard Australian English and highlights the…
(1997). Adolescent Self-Concept among International Native Populations. Most researchers continue to assume that one's self-concept is primarily governed by environmental determinants despite abundant evidence of the strong influence of genetic heritability. Ways in which the self-concept is developmental in the organism, particularly how adolescents' perceptions of personal, relational, and academic self-identity occurs uniformly across cultures and environmental circumstances, are explored in this paper. The study assumes that self-concept is both a part of the cognitive structure and is a construct of personality. Data were collected from a validated survey instrument (translated from English into Chinese and Russian), and self-reported perceptions of individual self-concepts were drawn from 301 Chinese, 105 Kazakh, and 75 American Indian adolescents. Results indicate a high uniformity among native adolescent groups, that is, perceptions that adolescents have of their conscious personal identity and its various components are relatively uniform…
(2001). Using Large Data Sets as a Basis for School Improvement. This paper provides an overview of the data collection, analysis, and reporting system of the British Columbia Ministry of Education, a system that is intended to improve the results obtained by the school system. The background of the system is described, and how it is used to assist in school improvement is outlined. The system's success to date is also evaluated. British Columbia, which has a long history of collecting information from its schools, began to collect basic information about each student in 1989, replacing the former paper-based system of summaries of school information. Case-by-case data collected year after year can be used to provide information about the performance of schools, even if there is little information about the performance of students. School dropout or completion rates can be used to see if programs are successful, and differences between schools and districts can be displayed. The data can be used in various ways to draw inferences about program… [PDF]
(1976). A Community Health Representative Program. Health Education (Washington D.C.), 7, 6, 17-19, Nov-Dec 76. Canada's community Health Representative Program trains Indians to act as teachers, organizers, promotors, and liaisons in health education among their own people. (MB)…
(1994). Aboriginal Literacy. Critical Notice. Interchange, v25 n4 p389-94 Dec. Persistent low levels of school literacy among Canadian Natives is discussed in terms of language, script, culture, and pedagogy. Low literacy level is only a problem when defined by the narrow Western conception of literacy. When writing is taken as a graphic means of preserving and communicating information, then native cultures have always been literate. (SM)…
(1992). Last Sanctuary. World Watch, v5 n6 p18-25 Nov-Dec. Report on Philippine tribal people's struggle to protect their homelands against loggers, miners, and the global industrial economy. Links the issues surrounding tribal homelands and environmental degradation to world trade, foreign debt, and expansion of the industrial economy. (MCO)…
(1992). Reading with Uncle Sam: A Review of Children's Literature from the U.S. Government, 1940-1990. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, v11 n2 p1-38. This examination and discussion of the types and quantity of government resources produced for children from 1940 to 1990 reveals that most books aimed at young readers deal with the following topics: safety education, drug abuse, the environment, health, Native American folktales, birth control, and stamp collecting. A 159-item annotated bibliography follows. (EA)…
(1994). "Both Ways Education" Dominant Culture Access and Minority Culture Maintenance: An Analysis of Competing Theories. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v15 n1 p29-46. Two competing theories of "both ways" (dominant culture access and minority culture maintenance) education are examined: Harris' culture domain separation theory and Kemmis'"negotiated meaning" approach. Analysis along three dimensions (view of culture, language, and epistomology/ontology) suggests Harris' theory is based on a flawed concept and the other is more congruent with contemporary culture theorizing. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/LB)…
(1999). Sociohistorical Influences on the Development of Papahana Kaiapuni, the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, v4 n1 p27-46. Describes sociohistoric influences on the development of Papahana Kaiapuni, an indigenous language-immersion program in kindergarten through grade 12 in selected public schools in Hawaii. Highlights the importance of parental activism and the value of this program as a model for other threatened languages. (SLD)…