First Nations Education Policy in Canada : Progress or Gridlock?
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| Title: | First Nations Education Policy in Canada : Progress or Gridlock? |
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| Description: | How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting First Nations education since 1986 and a series of recommendations for future policy changes.Jerry Paquette and Gérald Fallon challenge the fundamental assumptions about Aboriginal education that have led to a Balkanized and ineffective educational system able to serve few of the needs of students. To move forward, the authors have developed a conceptual framework with which to re-envision the social, political, and educational goals of a self-governing First Nations education system. Offering a sorely needed fresh perspective on an issue vital to the community, First Nations Education Policy in Canada is grounds for critical reflection not only on education but on the future of Aboriginal self-determination. |
| Authors: | Jerald Paquette, Gerald Fallon |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Education and state--Canada, Indians of North America--Education--Canada, Indigenous peoples--Education--Canada |
| Categories: | EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting First Nations education since 1986 and a series of recommendations for future policy changes.Jerry Paquette and Gérald Fallon challenge the fundamental assumptions about Aboriginal education that have led to a Balkanized and ineffective educational system able to serve few of the needs of students. To move forward, the authors have developed a conceptual framework with which to re-envision the social, political, and educational goals of a self-governing First Nations education system. Offering a sorely needed fresh perspective on an issue vital to the community, First Nations Education Policy in Canada is grounds for critical reflection not only on education but on the future of Aboriginal self-determination. |
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| ISBN: | 9781442610729 9781442641532 9781442687127 9781442660311 |
