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• Title:Integrating Aboriginal perspectives into the school curriculum : purposes, possibilities, and challenges / Yatta Kanu.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kanu, Yatta, 1952-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: EC K36 N74 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Education--Canada
  Indigenous Peoples--Study and teaching--Canada
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Critical pedagogy.
  Curriculum change.
  
• Description:xiii, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781442642447 (bound) :
  9781442611320 (pbk.) :
  
• Contents:Chapter 1: Introduction: Integrating Aboriginal perspectives into school curricula: why does it matter now
  The call to integrate Aboriginal perspectives
  Centrality of cultural mediation in human learning and development
  The effort to reconnect Aboriginal education to its cultural roots
  Integration for intimate and cultural citizenship
  Increasing/broadening our knowledge base in a knowledge society
  Raising essential curriculum questions
  Organization of the book
  To generalize or not to generalize
  On terminology
  Summary
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 2: Understanding the integration of Aboriginal perspectives through theory
  Role of theory in understanding phenomena
  Theoretical frameworks for understanding school performance of minority students
  Socio-cultural theories of learning and cognition
  Macro-structural theories/explanations of minority scool perormance
  Racism, anti-racism, and critical race theories
  Summary
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 3: Cultural mediators of Aboriginal student learning in the formal school system
  Investigating the influence of culture on Aboriginal student learning through a cultural-historical approach
  Research methods and procedures
  Aboriginal students' identification of cultural mediators of their learning
  Related themes
  Theme 1: Indigenous approaches to learning
  Theme 2: Effective oral interaction assists learning
  Theme 3: Concepts of 'self' mediate learning
  Theme 4: Relevant Curriculum
  Theme 5: Teacher's interpersonal style matters
  Summary
  Concluding remark
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 4: Integrating Aboriginal perspectives into the school curriculum: layering at five levels of classroom practice
  Defining 'Aboriginal perspectives': The challenge of definition
  Guiding principles for integrating Aboriginal perspectives
  The context of integration
  Integrating Aboriginal perspectives: layering at five levels of practice
  Integration at the level of student learning outcomes
  Integration at the level of curriculum content and learning resources
  Integration at the level of instructional methods/strategies
  Integration at the level of assessment methods/strategies
  Integration as a philosophical underpinning of the curriculum
  Summary
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 5: Aboriginal school success through integration? Learning opportunities and Challenges
  Documenting the effects of integration: methods and procedures
  Procedures
  Results: impact of integration
  Impact on academic achievement
  Impact on school retention
  Impact on class attendance/regularity
  Challenges
  Concluding remark
  Summary
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 6: Critical elements of instruction influencing Aboriginal school success
  Teacher's sense of efficacy
  Teacher capacity
  Culturally compatible teaching and assessment methods
  Targeting Aboriginal content and resources
  A nurturing learning environment
  Summary and caveat
  Questions for discussion
  References/Recommended readings
  Further resources
  Chapter 7: Teachers' perceptions of the integration of Aboriginal perspectives
  Centrality of the teacher to curriculum change
  Investigating teachers' perceptions: methods and procedures
  Teachers' perceptions
  Teachers' beliefs about integration and reasons for these beliefs
  How teachers understand and approach integration
  What teachers perceive as challenges/impediments
  Facilitators of integration
  Summary
  Concluding remark
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings
  Chapter 8: A way forward: lessons in implementation
  On the need for a reconceptualized theory of curriculum
  Curriculum as currere
  Curriculum as spiritual journey and transcendence
  Curriculum as conversation
  Curriculum as community
  Teachers and teacher education programs
  What schools should do
  How the Aboriginal community can help
  The need for systemic reform
  Summary
  Questions for discussion
  References/recommended readings.