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Asserts that there is specific research-based knowledge that teachers of American Indian and Alaska Native students can access which is usually not taught in their preservice programs, discussing research from Native and...
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Reviews three new books about the current political battle over bilingual education, focusing on: bilingual education theory and the importance of transformative pedagogy; political analysis of bilingual education and ke...
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This paper examines the progressive education movement and its effect on American Indian education. Progressive education became popular during the late 19th century during the period when American Indian children were b...
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Describes the influence of the Progressive Education movement, with its emphasis on experiential learning and community schools, on Bureau of Indian Affairs schools during the 1930s. Discusses the subsequent development ...
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Historically, efforts to educate American Indians have focused on "civilizing" and assimilating Indians into White society. During the early 1970s, Congress passed legislation encouraging self-determination of tribes in ...
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Underscores the need for specialized native teacher training programs, describing university and community college programs fulfilling this need. Discusses the necessary anthropological, sociological, and historical foun...
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Examines the 20-year trend toward American Indian control of Indian education, the growth of tribal colleges, and the importance of community involvement in education. Focuses on the Native American Languages Act, the In...
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Latham's 13 recommendations to improve BIA schools reflect an ethnocentric assimilationist viewpoint that ignores both the history of Indian education and research on Indian, bilingual, and multicultural education. Addit...
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Current teacher education programs do not provide appropriate knowledge for teaching minority students. The article focuses on American Indian students as an example. It discusses the value of using students' home langua...
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Outlines how education as practiced in most schools is similar to education in Indian schools and explains how this lack of difference has led to the failure of Indian education. Describes a remedy which fits the goal of...