The book covers a range of topics relevant to discussions about First Nation education in Canada today and is written in an accessible style by educators for teachers, parents and others interested in the education of Aboriginal children and youth. [...] Rebecca Priegert Coulter is a Professor and the Director of Aborig- inal Education in the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario. [...] The Gifts Within Carrying Each Other Forward in Aboriginal Education PRINTED IN A UNION SHOP Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter $15.00 The Gifts Within • Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter The Gifts Within Carrying Each Other Forward in Aboriginal Education Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter The second in the Our Schools/ Our Selves book series 2009 The Gifts Within Carrying Each Other Forward in [...] While acknowledging the past and the terrible burdens of the residential school experi- ence, along with the on-going legacies of colonialism and oppres- sion, there is also a strong desire to move on to making a signif- icant change in schooling for young people and to identify 5 OUR SCHOOLS/OUR SELVES approaches to education that will yield successful and meaning- ful outcomes. [...] In her biography of Susie Jones, an Elder and leader in the Residential Schools Survivors Movement, Margaret Tucker hon- ours the work of a special leader who “walks in two worlds” in order to effect changes in schooling for Aboriginal children both in the community and in the provincial school system.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.829/97071
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781897569542 9781459336780
- LCCN
- E96.2
- LCCN Item number
- G53 2009eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (248 p. :)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00222931 (OCoLC)500984567 (CaOOCEL)432359
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Carrying Each Other Forward in Aboriginal Education 1
- Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter 1
- Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter 2
- Contents 4
- The Learning Journey 6
- Uqa-lu-lu-tuq 11
- Susie Jones Walking inTwoWorlds 37
- Facilitating Excellence in First Nation Education 37
- Anishinaabemowin Eta 58
- Regaining Ojibwe Language Fluency 58
- Skingenshin Immersion onWalpole Island 72
- Ketsojig Aadsokaanan Indigenous LanguagefromTwo EldersPerspectives 86
- Traditional Learning in a Digital AgeThe Role ofTechnology in a First Nation Classroom 103
- On Common Ground An Exploration of the ImagiNATIVE Use of the Culinary Arts 115
- The Effects of Guitars in a First Nation Classroom 128
- Stepping Stones for an Indigenous Education Plan for Parents IEPP 143
- Questions AboutTesting and Standards for First Nation SchoolsThe Case ofWalpole Island Elementary School 154
- Leadership in First Nation SchoolsWhat the Anishnaabe Dreamcatcher Suggests 170
- AWorld of Difference for aWorld of Difference 192
- Sharing ExperiencesThoughts to Engage and Inform Educators Who Are Learning to Listen 209
- Can A Symbiotic Understanding ExistWhen Post Secondary Partnerships Are Being Formed With First Nation Communities 221
- 100 Success in a Graduate Classroom 230
- Carrying Each Other Forward in Aboriginal Education 246
- Edited by Rebecca Priegert Coulter 246
