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Angelina Weenie – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study shares lessons from an Indigenous research project based on Elder Knowledge about culture camps. Culture camps and land-based learning have become common practices in Indigenous education circles. This project brings into focus "kiskinohmakewina" (teachings) from Elders from two Cree communities who were invited to share…
Descriptors: Older Adults, American Indians, Indigenous Knowledge, Camps
Shailesh Shukla; Brielle Beaudin; Jason Dyck; Carol Cochrane; Jazmin Alfaro; Janna Barkman; Cindy Hart – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
A team of four students and one faculty member from the University of Winnipeg, as well as two community representatives, undertook a collaborative action-research project in Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba, Canada, to explore Indigenous knowledges associated with cultivation, production, and consumption practices of traditional foods and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Involvement, Interviews, Oral History
Brion-Meisels, Gretchen, Ed.; Cooper, Kristy S., Ed.; Deckman, Sherry S., Ed.; Dobbs, Christina L., Ed.; Francois, Chantal, Ed.; Nikundiwe, Thomas, Ed.; Shalaby, Carla, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
This collection of essays from the "Harvard Educational Review" offers historic examples of humanizing educational spaces, practices, and movements that embody a spirit of hope and change. From Dayton, Ohio, to Barcelona, Spain, this collection of essays from the "Harvard Educational Review" carries readers to places where…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Change, Poverty, Presidents
Rogovin, Paula – 1998
Interviews are the central focus of inquiry studies in the elementary school classroom described by an experienced teacher. The interview is the major source of new information and concepts. Through questions, discussions, role playing, and note taking, children make interviews a very active part of learning. Interviews help children see the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Involvement, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Avrin, Cookie; And Others – 1974
This report presents a critical look at the ways profit-making child care centers treat the problems of racism and sexism, handle parent and community involvement, and provide care for children. Quantifiable factors in child care which have been found to bear a relationship to quality, warmth and flexibility are evaluated (staff/child ratios,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Involvement, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Spaventa, Marilyn, Ed.; Machado, Craig, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
English as a second language (ESL) programs in community colleges are as diverse in the models they follow as the students they serve. This volume provides a detailed look at how faculty and administrators are tailoring their ESL programs to best serve the needs of their students and the missions of their institutions. The authors of the thirteen…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Adult Students, Community Colleges