(1996). Why a Career in Librarianship? Doing Something of Value [and] A Whole New World [and] Library Sector Is Relevant [and] The Librarian in Me [and] Looking further than "L" for Librarian [and] Rewarding Careers in the TAFE Sector [and] All in a Day's Work. inCite, v17 n11 p8-10,12-13,18-19 Nov. Includes seven articles that explore career opportunities for people in the library and information sector in Australia. Highlights include the social value of librarianship; participation by Aboriginal people; teacher-librarians; recruiters for library-related professions; and training and vocational education sector careers. (LRW)…
(2003). HIV/AIDS Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. Tribal College Journal, v14 n4 p32 Sum. Argues that, in order to avoid a future holocaust in which an entire indigenous civilization is wiped out, it is imperative that conditions leading to HIV infection be identified, and that prevention programs for Native people be grounded in the lives of Native American youth. (NB)…
(1994). Ancient Words: Oral Tradition and the Indigenous People of the Americas. Akwe:kon Journal, v11 n3-4 p138-45 Fall-Win. For American indigenous peoples, oral tradition maintains each group's cultural identity and world view; documents history; and links the group's past, present, and future. Storytelling has been a major mode of passing moral values and teachings to children, as well as passing sacred and specialized knowledge to new specialists but is now threatened by impact of modern technologies. (SV)…
(1994). Poverty and Indigenous People in Mexico. Akwe:kon Journal, v11 n2 p71-77 Sum. Data from national household surveys in Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala indicate that the overwhelming majority of indigenous peoples are extremely poor. Much of ethnic differences in poverty can be accounted for by differences in educational attainment, employment status, and occupation. The relationship between school attendance and child labor is discussed. (SV)…
(1994). The First Summit of Children and Youth of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Children's Environments, v11 n3 p212-20 Sep. The background purposes, organization, and results of the first conference on children and youth in the Amazon region of Ecuador are described. Special considerations of the Amazon region are reviewed, particularly the exchange of perspectives across cultures and generations. Concludes with subsequent developments of a national environmental program. (LZ)…
(1992). Columbus 500: History's Other Voice. Instructor, v102 n2 p42-43 Sep. A children's book author explains why she chose to write "Encounter," an accurate story of Christopher Columbus's first meeting with the gentle Taino tribe 500 years ago. The article presents suggestions for using "Encounter" as a springboard for activities to help elementary students interpret history. (SM)…
(1994). Canada. Journal of Government Information, v21 n6 p567-97 Nov-Dec. Annotates 122 publications from the Canadian federal government and from 9 Canadian provinces. Topics include environmental programs and problems, gambling, crime, young offenders, health and welfare issues, use of electronic information, materials on education, employment, tourism, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and issues relating to aboriginal peoples. (KRN)…
(1991). Synoptic and Dynamic Analysis of Classroom Discourse: The Role of Meta Language in Teaching Literacy. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v14 n2 p1-29. The relationship between teachers' theories of language and learning and the nature of classroom discourse is explored. Data from two classes on Aborigine lifestyles suggest that there are three components functioning in all lessons: interpersonal, content, and metalanguage. The quality of the metalanguage component influences the overall quality of the language education program. (10 references) (Author/LB)…
(1993). A Response to the NCSS Quincentenary Statement. Social Education, v57 n3 p109-11 Mar. Presents letter signed by 19 educators that disagrees with tone and content of position statement on Columbus Quincentenary issued by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Argues that the encounter with Europeans effectively destroyed the indigenous culture of the Americas. Maintains that the Columbus voyages were not the beginning of a global economy, as the NCSS statement suggests. (CFR)…
(1998). Going Native in the Academy: Choosing the Exotic over the Critical. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v29 n4 p473-80 Dec. Examines some of the problems and contradictions that arise when nonnative instructors attempt to perform aboriginal ceremonies and rituals in the higher-education classroom. Such practices often promote an indulgence in the exotic, rather than taking a more genuine approach to the history and reality of native people. (SLD)…
(2000). Trends in Indigenous Educational Participation and Attainment, 1986-96. Australian Journal of Education, v44 n2 p101-17 Aug. Provides an overview of the status of indigenous people in the Australian educational system with a cohort analysis of changes in educational participation and the level and type of educational qualification over the last three censuses for indigenous and nonindigenous populations. Although there have been some absolute improvements in indigenous educational outcomes, there has been little or no progress relative to nonindigenous peoples. (SLD)…
(1999). Education traditionnelle au Benin, la place du sacre dans les rites initiatiques. (Traditional Education in Benin: the Sacred Place in Initiation Rites.). International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v45 n3-4 p281-303. Shows how education among traditional communities in Benin is an initiatory process where acquisition of practical knowledge is interwoven with religion and custom. States that rites of passage, tests, and acquisition of appropriate forms of knowledge may mark an individual's developmental stages. Describes several specific forms of education. (VWC)…
(2005). Cunning Pedagogics: The Encounter between the Jesuit Missionaries and Amerindians in Th-Century New France. Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, v55 n2 p101-115. The Jesuit encounter with the Amerindians of the St. Lawrence Valley in Th-century New France provides us with incalculable insights into the inner workings of the \colonial imagination\ that believes the objects of instruction have everything to learn and nothing of value to teach. This article explicates how the Jesuits got to know their learners, how they tried to displace indigenous adult educational leaders and gradually produced Euro-Catholic subjectivities in their learners, and the pedagogical methods and techniques they used to undermine the indigenous belief and action system…. [Direct]
(2004). Fugitive and Codified Knowledge: Implications for Communities Struggling to Control the Meaning of Local Environmental Hazards. International Journal of Lifelong Education, v23 n3 p221-242 May-Jun. The purpose of this qualitative research was to determine the ways that knowledge is constructed and used by emergent citizen's groups (ECGs are grassroots, action-oriented, problem-solving groups) engaged in environmental conflicts, and by a state government environmental regulatory agency that interfaced with them. Four historical-organizational/observational case studies of conflict dynamics involving ECGs and the government were undertaken. Case studies in a qualitative research paradigm were used since they particularize information in a complex, process oriented manner that reports life experiences. All of the grassroots groups in the study cited 'education' as a goal of their organizations. The research documented the struggle for who controls the meaning of hazardous scenarios. ECGs were cultural producers at the local level, developing the intellectual and moral faculties of the community, especially through collective education and collaborative and social learning. The… [Direct]
(2005). Effective Practices in Teaching Indigenous Students with Conductive Hearing Loss. Childhood Education, v82 n2 p101 Win. Hearing impairment due to conductive hearing loss can have a devastating effect on children's language development, and consequently educational outcomes, especially for Indigenous students, for whom there may be the additional issue of being educated in their second or third language. With appropriate interventions, however, Indigenous students with conductive hearing loss can achieve high standards of written literacy and do well at school. This article will outline some of the key findings to date from a longitudinal study investigating effective teaching strategies to improve the literacy, and hence educational, outcomes of Australian Indigenous students with conductive hearing loss (CHL). Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data, the research has identified a number of teaching strategies that are likely to assist in improving educational outcomes (especially in relation to early literacy skills) and examined the influence of the broader school environment. (Contains 2…