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McGregor, Deborah – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2005
This paper explores the professional experience of an Anishnabe educator working in various organisations teaching Indigenous knowledge issues in both Aboriginal and primarily non-Aboriginal settings. The reflections span a number of years of teaching Aboriginal worldview and knowledge issues courses and include formal evaluations from both…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Education, Schools, Foreign Countries
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Vaughan, Karen – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2005
This paper will discuss some personal philosophies and rationales in approaching and delivering Indigenous Australian studies--approaches that have been influenced and informed by experienced and knowledgeable educators both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. It doesn't aim or pretend to be unique or innovative in its arguments or approach; instead,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods, Art Education, Foreign Countries
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Archuleta, Elizabeth – American Indian Quarterly, 2005
In this paper, the author describes the reactions and review of two reporters who attended the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2004. One reporter, Marc Fisher, said "The museum feels like a trade show in which each group of Indians gets space to sell its founding myth and favorite anecdotes of survival." Another,…
Descriptors: Ceremonies, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Museums
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Fraser, Deborah – Journal of Moral Education, 2004
New Zealand has had free, state, secular education since 1877, but just what is meant by secularism is changing. Since the 1980s the growth of Maori education initiatives has mushroomed and these place emphasis on Maori values and beliefs, including spirituality. In addition, in 1999 a definition and statement on spirituality appeared in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Development, Spiritual Development, National Curriculum
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Milburn, Michael P. – American Indian Quarterly, 2004
There is a growing recognition of the need to change current dietary patterns and of the value of traditional foodways. The Center for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment, based at McGill University in Montreal, is a research and education resource for Indigenous Peoples created by Canada's Aboriginal Leaders to support traditional…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Folk Culture
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Walker, Polly O. – American Indian Quarterly, 2005
This article explores the impact of worldview on a people's approach to dealing with conflict and compare the worldviews underlying specific Western and Indigenous approaches to dealing with conflict. It suggests that power imbalances in conflict resolution research and practice perpetuate colonization through ontological violence, marginalizing…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Developed Nations, Indigenous Populations
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Dangor, Suleman – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2005
The past two decades has witnessed the mushrooming of Islamic schools in Europe, the United States and South Africa. Initially, these schools were concerned essentially with providing an Islamic ethos for learners. More recently, however, they have begun to focus on the process of Islamization. The Islamization project was initiated in the United…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Muslims, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Sciences
Toner, Mark – Teacher Magazine, 2004
This article reports how students at Seattle's public Alternative School #1 carved a long lasting connection with the native Haida people of Alaska. These students created a 40-foot canoe with the guidance of Robert Peele, an artist and a descendant of Haida royalty, whose ancestors once carved a 63-foot canoe now on display at the American Museum…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Maintenance, American Indian Culture
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed.; Cannella, Gaile S., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
This volume of transformed research utilizes an activist approach to examine the notion that nothing is apolitical. Research projects themselves are critically examined for power orientations, even as they are used to address curricular problems and educational or societal issues. Philosophical perspectives that have facilitated an understanding…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Language Usage
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Trofanenko, B. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2006
Thinking about the museum's engagement in educational programmes is increasingly adopting a more critical perspective on the implications of a programme in authorizing and defining particular knowledge. While objects are still invoked to define history and culture and to underscore their authority, the museum's claim to educational purposes is…
Descriptors: Museums, Ethnology, Cultural Literacy, Foreign Countries
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Trohler, Daniel – Educational Theory, 2006
Pragmatism has been rediscovered in recent years and presented as emblematic of modern thinking. At the center of this worldwide interest in late-nineteenth century Pragmatism stood, first, a rejection of the traditional dualistic construction of the world in philosophy and psychology; second, a distinguishing of the findings of learning theory…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Educational Philosophy, Learning Theories, Performance Based Assessment
Hunter, Jane; Koopman, Bevan; Sledge, Jane – 2003
Indigenous communities are beginning to realize the potential benefits digital technologies can offer with regard to the documentation and preservation of their histories and cultures. However, they are also coming to understand the opportunities for knowledge misuse and misappropriation of their knowledge which may accompany digitization. In this…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Computer Software, Culture, Indigenous Knowledge
Benjamin, Craig – Native Americas, 1997
In the past few years, transnational corporations and university researchers received patents for traditional medicines and for food and textile plants used by indigenous peoples without returning any benefits to those peoples. In light of U.S. and Canadian government claims that traditional knowledge is not intellectual property, indigenous…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian Culture, Higher Education, Indigenous Knowledge
Antone, Eileen M. – Literacies: Researching Practice, Practising Research, 2003
A three-phase research project included a literature review on Canadian Aborigine literacy, interviews and focus groups, and a symposium and follow-up workshops. Findings were as follows: (1) Aboriginal literacy has a distinct, culturally appropriate holistic perspective; (2) no single educational practice is best; (3) funding tied to…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Culturally Relevant Education, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
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May, Stephen; Aikman, Sheila – Comparative Education, 2003
Discusses common issues in indigenous education worldwide: indigenous peoples' struggle for control of their education, which is inevitably situated in larger indigenous struggles for self-determination and social justice; revitalization and transmission of indigenous cultures and languages; problems of defining "indigenous;" and the legitimacy of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cultural Maintenance, Hegemony, Indigenous Knowledge
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