ERIC Number: EJ1032029
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1559-5692
EISSN: N/A
Incorporating the Culture of American Indian/Alaska Native Students into the Classroom
Guillory, Raphael M.; Williams, Garnet L.
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, v8 n3 p155-169 2014
Focus group interviews were conducted with educators and stakeholders for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students, including teachers, elementary and high school principals, tribal community leaders, and parents, to determine a global definition of culture and ways of infusing culture into curriculum to better educate AI/AN students. Focus group participants were selected from the surrounding areas of Portland, Oregon; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Yakama, Washington; Anchorage, Alaska; and Pembroke, North Carolina. A total of 53 participants were interviewed across the seven locations. Using a cross-case analysis approach, the emergent themes are as follows: (1) traditional definition of culture; (2) contemporary (i.e., AI/AN youth) definition of culture (as perceived by the study participants); (3) infusing culture into pedagogy; and (4) teacher responsibility and state standards.
Descriptors: Focus Groups, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Tribes, Parent Attitudes, Definitions, Culturally Relevant Education, Case Studies, American Indian Culture, Teacher Responsibility, State Standards
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Alaska; Minnesota; New Mexico; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Oregon; Washington
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A