Approaches to Aboriginal education in Canada : searching for solutions

Howard, Albert, (editor.). Widdowson, Frances, 1966- (editor.).

Summary: "This timely publication brings diverse perspectives on aboriginal education together in one volume, providing readers a context with which to understand and consider them. These approaches are juxtaposed to encourage critical analysis of the different assumptions underlying proposals for improving aboriginal education.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550594560
ISBN: 1550594567
ISBN: 9781550594577 (epub)
ISBN: 1550594575 (epub)
ISBN: 9781550594768 (pdf.)
ISBN: 1550594761 (pdf.)
ISBN: 9781550594775 (mobi)
ISBN: 155059477X (mobi)
Physical Description: print
xxix, 424 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:march.14
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Retrospective and a Prospective -- 2. Silencing Aboriginal Curricular Content and Perspectives Through Multiculturalism: "There are Other Children Here" / Verna J. Kirkness -- 3. Closing the Education Gap: A Case for Aboriginal Early Childhood Education in Canada, a Look at the Aboriginal Head Start Program / Verna St. Denis -- 4. Canadian Native Students and Inequitable Learning / Mai Nguyen -- 5. Making Science Assessment Culturally Valid for Aboriginal Students / Wayne Gorman -- 6. New Deal / John B. Friesen / Anthony N. Ezeife -- 7. Connections and Reconnections: Affirming Cultural Identity in Aboriginal Teacher Education / Blair Stonechild -- 8. Schools Matter / Linda Goulet / Yvonne McLeod -- 9. New Approach to Understanding Aboriginal Educational Outcomes: The Role of Social Capital / John Richards -- 10. Why We Need a First Nations Education Act / Paul Maxim / Jerry White / Nicholas Spence -- 11. Free to Learn: Giving Aboriginal Youth Control over Their Post-Secondary Education / Michael Mendelson -- 12. Retention of Aboriginal Students in Post-Secondary Education / Dave Snow / Calvin Helin -- 13. Aboriginalism and the Problems of Indigenous' Archaeology / Judy Hordes -- 14. Running the Gauntlet: Challenging the Taboo Obstructing Aboriginal Education Policy Development / Robert McGhee -- 15. Unintended Outcomes of Institutionalizing Ethnicity: Lessons from Maori Education in New Zealand / Frances Widdowson / Albert Howard -- 16. Native Studies and Canadian Political Science: The Implications of "Decolonizing the Discipline" / Elizabeth Rata -- 17. First Nations Education and Rentier Economics: Parallels with the Gulf States / Frances Widdowson -- 18. First Nations Education and Minnis's Rentier Mentality / John R. Minnis -- 19. Ganigonhi:oh: The Good Mind Meets the Academy / Frank Deer -- 20. "Good Mind" and Critical Thinking: A Response to David Newhouse / David Newhouse -- 21. Paths to Truths / Frances Widdowson.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic formats.