Next Steps

Released on by Karen Gayton Swisher
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  • Next Steps Book Detail

  • Author : Karen Gayton Swisher
  • Release Date : 1999
  • Publisher : Charleston, W. Va. : ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 660
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 54,54 MB
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Next Steps by Karen Gayton Swisher PDF Summary

Book Description: "What is "Indian education" today? What will it look like in the future? These were the questions Karen Gayton Swisher and John W. Tippeconnic III posed to a dozen leading American Indian scholars and practitioners. They responded with the essays in Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education, which explore two important themes. The first is education for tribal self-determination. Tribes are now in a position to exercise full control of education on their lands. They have the authority to establish and enforce policies that define the nature of education for their constituents, just as states do for their school districts. The second theme is the need to turn away from discredited deficit theories of education, and turn instead to an approach that builds on the strengths of Native languages and culture and the basic resilience of Indigenous peoples. This second theme could be especially important for the 90 percent of Indian students who attend public schools. Next Steps is appropriate for multicultural and teacher education programs. It addresses facets of K-12 and post-secondary Native American education programs, including their history, legal aspects, curriculum, access, and achievement"--Back cover.

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