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Early childhood education and care for Aboriginal children in Canada /

5 Nov 2014

"This brief is drawn from the article 'Aboriginal early childhood education in Canada: Issues of context' (Preston, Cottrell, Pelletier, Pearce, 2012). The brief explicates contextual factors that are important to quality Aboriginal early childhood education: privileging Aboriginal pedagogy; promoting Indigenous languages and culture; adequate staffing by qualified Aboriginal educators; empowerment of Aboriginal parents and communities; and in the case of kindergarten services, a full-day timetable. The author argues that strong collaborative efforts are needed by multi-level leaders to ensure that quality Aboriginal early childhood education is actualized throughout Canada"--
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Authors

Preston, Jane Pauline

ISBN
9781896051581
Pages
9
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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