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First Nations teachers : identity and community, struggle and change
Record details
- ISBN: 9781550593495 :
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Physical Description:
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234 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, c2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Supporting education program. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Taking a theoretical perspective -- Taking a historical perspective -- Perspectives on change -- Liberatory pedagogy -- Identity at the centre: linking the past and future -- Identity, learning, and teaching -- Identity vignettes -- Looking to the past: sources of Indigenous educational discourses -- Personal, oral, experiential -- Holistic -- Resources and activities -- Lives of teachers -- Lives of students -- Resisting colonial discourses of the federal government and churches -- Canadian federal policies -- Residential schools -- Discourse of integration: the Department of Indian Affairs, the provinces and the schools --Discourses of assimilation and autonomy--the ongoing struggle for control -- On the threshold of change: struggles between discourses of Indigenous educational reform and mainstream discourses -- Affiliating with the district -- New institutional developments -- The world of employment: finding a job -- Struggles in employment discourses -- Communities and parents -- The divide between the school and the community -- Building bridges between the worlds of school and community -- Respect is the foundation -- Choosing advocacy and dialogue -- Schools and classrooms; colleagues and kids -- Colleagues -- What is best for the kids? -- Teacher as parent -- Professional relationships with colleagues -- In the present system, what is best for the kids? --Articulating new approaches for schools -- Sm'algyax language and Ts'msyen culture -- Language and culture -- Community social practices: cultural continuity and connecting people --Dealing with difficult history -- English literacy programming: connecting family to schools -- Looking to the future -- The political and economic arenas of nation building -- Educational futures -- Wilaay, Wil'nat'l -- Appendix 1: Teacher biographies -- Appendix 2: Research methodology: the need for collaborative research -- Co-construction of this book -- Appendix 3: Outline of federal legislation regarding provision of education -- Appendix 4: Summary of school board meetings and DIA correspondence -- Appendix 5: Curriculum resources available from First Nations Education Services School District #52. |
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| Prince Rupert Library | 371.1008997 Beyn (Text) | 33294001621481 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
