Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice: In Our Mother's Voice (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805834613 ISBN 13: 9780805834611

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

What is the philosophy that should drive native education policy and practice? In July 1997 a group of native educational leaders from the United States (including Alaska and Hawai'i), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand gathered to define a potential solution to this question. This book passes on the individual educational philosophies of the participants and captures the essence of each in a dynamic, transformational, and holistic model--"Go to the Source"--which forwards a collective vision for a native language- and culture-based educational philosophy that native educational leaders and teachers, policymakers, and curriculum developers can use to ground their work. For more information visit http://ed-web2.educ.msu.edu/voice/

About this title

About the Author:

About the Editor: Maenette Benham, Kanaka Maoli, is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. As a scholar, mentor, and teacher, her inquiry centers on engaged leadership; the wisdom of knowing and praxis of social justice; and the effects of educational policy on indigenous people. She is the author of numerous articles and books on these topics.

Review:

"Many educational traditions and practices have been lost or only remain in the memories of survivors of the indigenous peoples' holocaust while other educational traditions have remained active. Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice provides educational models that affirm the vitality of these traditions and their adaptability to contemporary times.... It is my hope and belief that the educational models described in this book will help put students, teachers, and the world on the path to harmony and hope."--Joel Spring, Queens College, City University of New York, USA, from the Series Editor Foreword "As I began to read, I started to feel excited by the idea of teaching this book, of using it in my work to prepare educators for urban and rural classrooms. It is a superlative example of what I am trying to convey to future teachers about epistemological diversity, and the need to recognize the rich, often untranslatable, sometimes dissonant ways of knowing and beliefs about knowing that students bring to classrooms. Further, the volume serves as a radiant counterpoint to neoliberal logic-a logic so naturalized in the West that it stands in for reason, while circumventing alternative worldviews....the book is dynamic, poetic, precise, recursive."-wicazo sa, a Journal of Native American Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0805834613
• ISBN 13: 9780805834611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Benham Maenette K.P. A, Cooper Joanne Elizabet