Voices of Native American Educators : Integrating History, Culture, and Language to Improve Learning Outcomes for Native American Students

Author: Gregory, Sheila T.
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (263 pages)

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VOICES OF NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATORS; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; THE HISTORY AND STATUS OF NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION; American Indian Education: A History of Resilience and Self-Determination; The Dynamics of Native American Women and their Experiences: Identifying Ideologies and Theories that Help Explain Oppression; Navajo College Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Western Education on the Retention; Adolescent Drug Use and its Impact on Schools in Indian Country; CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY., Ah neen dush: Harnessing Collective Wisdom to Create Culturally Relevant Science Experiences in Pre-K ClassroomsCollapsing the Fear of Mathematics: A Study of The Effects of Navajo Culture on Navajo Student Performance In Mathematics; Generosity, Fortitude, Respect, Wisdom: Using Popular Culture To Teach Traditional Culture; TEACHING MODELS OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CONTEXT; When Numbers Dance for Mathematics Students: Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction for Native Youth; 'Olu'olu i ka pä a ke Kaiäulu: Community and Place as a Textbook for Learning., and EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES FROM NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATORSPreparing American Indian Youth for the Transition from High School to College; Closing the Mathematics Achievement Gap of Native American Students Identified as Learning Disabled; Subject Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors.

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Voices of Native American Indian Educators: Integrating History, Culture, and Language to Improve Learning Outcomes for Native American Indian Students, edited by Sheila T. Gregory, provides vivid, comprehensive portraits, as well as scholarly quantitative and qualitative research, on the best practices that offer new and practical strategies for teachers to improve the academic performance of Native American Indian students. All of the contributors are Native American Indian educators who have exerc.

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9780739171936
0739171933
0739171925
9780739171929
9781299316171
1299316174
9780739183472

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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