Supporting Indigenous children's development : community-university partnerships /

Supporting Indigenous children's development : community-university partnerships /

Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Ball, Jessica, 1952-
Andere auteurs: Pence, Alan R., 1948-
Formaat: Boek
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2006.
Onderwerpen:
Indian children > Education (Preschool) > Canada.
Indian children > Care > Canada.
Community education > Canada.
Early childhood education > Curricula > Canada.
Early childhood teachers > Training of > Canada.
Community and college > Canada.
Politics & government.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Machine derived contents note: Preface ix
  • Acknowledgments xiii
  • 1 TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 3
  • First Nations' Priorities for Children 3
  • "What of Us Is in Here?" 5
  • Guiding Principles 7
  • Grounding ECCD Capacity Building in Culture and Community 10
  • Co-Constructing Quality through Dialogue and Praxis 12
  • 2 HARNESSING THE POTENTIAL OF PARTNERSHIP 17
  • Partnership in the Learning Community 17
  • First Nations Partnership Programs: An Overview 18
  • The Emergence of the Unique 25
  • Nzen'man' Child and Family Services Partnership 26
  • Cowichan Tribes Partnership 28
  • Reflections on Partnership 29
  • 3 CO-CONSTRUCTING CURRICULUM FROM THE INSIDE OUT 33
  • The Collapse of Objective Knowledge 33
  • Generating a Living Curriculum 35
  • Elders' Involvement and Cultural Healing 40
  • Bridging the Generations 41
  • Generating Curriculum in Community: Lil'wat Nation 43
  • Reflections on the Generative Curriculum Model 45
  • 4 SITTING BACKWARDS AT OUR DESKS 47
  • Teachers as Learners, Learners as Teachers 47
  • A Community of Learners 49
  • Co-Constructing/Co-Instructing the Generative Curriculum 51
  • Valuing Students' Knowledge and Experience 52
  • Working with Cultural Differences 53
  • Grounding Learning in Experience 54
  • Instructor Transform ations 55
  • Student Transformations 56
  • Attributes of Effective Teachers 57
  • Reflections on Teaching and Learning 59
  • 5 GROUNDING LEARNING IN THE HEART OF COMMUNITIES 61
  • The Power of Com m unity 61
  • An Ecological Systems Model 64
  • Developing Models of Culturally Appropriate Child Care 66
  • Community Transformations 67
  • TI'azt'en Nation Partnership 67
  • Treaty 8 Tribal Association Partnership 69
  • Fostering Greater Understanding of First Nations in the Wider
  • Community 70
  • Features and Challenges of Community-Based Post-Secondary
  • Education 73
  • Reflections on Community-Based Education 77
  • 6 TRANSFORMING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TRUST AND RESPECT 79
  • Cultural Safety in Education 79
  • Four Key Factors 81
  • Community-Based Delivery 82
  • Generative Curriculum Model 85
  • Reflexive Instructor Orientation 87
  • Student Cultural Cohort 90
  • Reflections on Cultural Safety 92
  • 7 ASSERTING THE POWER OF NOT KNOWING 95
  • Evaluating Program Outcomes 95
  • Individual Goals 97
  • Community Goals 99
  • Pivotal Concepts 100
  • Holism 100
  • Social Inclusion 100
  • Community-Involving Services 101
  • A Template for Social Change 104
  • Reflections on Program Outcomes 107
  • 8 SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH SUSTAINED
  • COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATIONS 109
  • Sustaining Capacity 109
  • Community Approaches 111
  • Treaty 8 Tribal Association 112
  • TI'azt'en Nation 113
  • Lil'wat Nation 114
  • ECCD as "Hook" and "Hub" 116
  • Hooks 116
  • Hubs 117
  • Promising Practices 118
  • Reflections on Strengthening Indigenous Early Childhood
  • Program Capacity 120
  • References 121.

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