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Literature review : State of practice : essential skills applications with First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada

5 Nov 2012

This section looks at the historic and current barriers to First Nations, Inuit and Métis participation in education and employment and it also examines the convergence of the development of Essential Skills and the growth of First Nations, Inuit and Métis self-determination movements in education. [...] As a result of the intergenerational effects of the residential school systems, on-going socio-economic inequalities and the failure of the institutional educational system to recognize Indigenous students’ many skills and to foster the strengths of First Nations, Inuit and Métis learners, formal schooling continues to be a negative experience for many First Nations, Inuit and Métis students (Nati [...] This is corroborated by existing statistics on First Nations, Inuit and Métis educational attainment, literacy levels, workforce attachment and income levels, which can be found in Appendix A. The Origins of Essential Skills and the Growth of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literacy and Essential Skills Programming The Literacy Movement and the Origins of Essential Skills The origins of Canada’s Es [...] It has contributed greatly to the body of work on literacy, constructivist approaches to learning and the effectiveness of First Nations, Inuit and Métis and non-Indigenous adult literacy and Essential Skills training programs. [...] THE BUSINESS CASE: TALKING TO EMPLOYERS ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND LITERACY TRAINING FOR FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT A critical factor in the success of First Nations, Inuit and Métis labour market training programs, including Essential Skills programs, is the involvement of employers and governments in these State of Practice: Essential Skills Applications with First Nations,
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Authors

Klinga, Suzanne

Pages
36
Published in
Canada

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