Supporting Indigenous children's development : community-university partnerships / Jessica Ball and Alan Pence.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-127) and index.

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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