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Direct linkCottrell, Michael; Preston, Jane P.; Pearce, Joe – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2012
Viewing education as a contested site in the intersection of modernity, indigeneity, globalization, and postcolonialism, we explore relations between Aboriginal peoples and public schools in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Posing a profound challenge to provincial policy underpinned by global educational culture, indigeneity constitutes a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Haraseb, Victoria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) has been working to improve conditions for San communities since 1996. San communities in Namibia have an extremely high dropout rate compared to all other populations in the country, and one of WIMSA's most important areas of focus is education. Early Childhood Development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Dropout Rate, Young Children, Learning Processes
Davids, Laurentius – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
After Namibian independence, the government introduced an education system aimed at providing equal education to all and fostering the establishment of a nonracial society. The formulation of the language policy was one of major initiatives of the democratically elected government of Namibia after independence. The goal of this policy is to foster…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Equal Education, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
Ketsitlile, Lone Elizabeth – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The study investigated how San students of Botswana, in a junior community secondary school, understood literacy in school and at home. A qualitative, narrative case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of what students value and understand by literacy from co-participants' and informants' perspectives. Findings across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools, Ethnic Groups, Literacy
De Wet, Priscilla – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
As we search for a new paradigm in post-apartheid South Africa, the knowledge base and worldview of the KhoeSan first Indigenous peoples is largely missing. The South African government has established various mechanisms as agents for social change. Institutions of higher learning have implemented transformation programs. KhoeSan peoples, however,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Racial Segregation, Pilot Projects, Social Change
Sekere, Bihela – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
Much research in Botswana has shown that, although other ethnic groups have benefited from the state-funded education systems since independence in 1966, San children have been "left behind." This case study is based on an investigation of the root causes of secondary school dropout among Rural Area Development Program students in New Xade, a new…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Pamo, Billies – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article focuses on the 3 San communities in South Africa: the !Xun, the Khwe, and the [image omitted]Khomani San. The !Xun and Khwe communities are living in Platfontein, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The [image omitted]Khomani San community is living in Upington and in the southern Kalahari, which are also in the Northern Cape. This…
Descriptors: Committees, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, African Languages
Bolaane, Maitseo; Saugestad, Sidsel – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article highlights a multidisciplinary collaborative program between the University of Botswana and the University of Tromso, Norway, focusing on San research and capacity-building. After 12 years of operation, this program led, in April 2010, to the creation of a new "Research Center for San Studies" at the University of Botswana. This…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions
Cwi, Cwisa; Hays, Jennifer – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article provides an overview of a mother-tongue education project for the Ju|'hoansi of Nyae Nyae in Namibia--the village schools. These schools are the only places in southern Africa where an Indigenous San community has access to mother-tongue education for 3 years; and are, thus, an important example in the region. However, there are some…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Rural Education, Heritage Education
Oikonomidoy, Eleni – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
In this article, it is proposed that systematic attention to certain characteristics of newcomer immigrant students' identity construction could enhance the premises of the field of multicultural education in the United States, with immigrant-responsive insights. Elements from the scholarship in the sociology of migration, which attend to critical…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Identification (Psychology), Social Influences, Multicultural Education
Schwieter, John W. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The Hispanic population and their high school dropout rates in the United States have greatly increased over the last several decades. This study investigates linguistic and cultural issues that may have an association with high school abandonment among migrant Hispanic students. Open-ended interview questions were posed to a bilingual education…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Rate, Bilingual Education, Dropouts
Bitew, Getnet; Ferguson, Peter – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article investigates the effect of cultural difference on the secondary school induction and learning of Ethiopian-Australian immigrant students living in Melbourne, Australia. A qualitative methodology was employed using interviews as data-collection instruments. Secondary school students, their teachers, and parents acted as participants in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Secondary School Students
Kaahwa, Janet – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
Education systems are culturally embedded and, therefore, difficult to improve without understanding actions, beliefs, and attitudes related to education existing within the culture. This article discusses the role culture plays in the teaching and learning of mathematics. It specifically dwells on the ways culture could benefit learners from…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Role, Learning Processes
Naqvi, Rahat; Pfitscher, Christina – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
This article addresses strategies for promoting culturally responsive pedagogy through the implementation of a language awareness curriculum that includes a structured reading intervention program using dual language books. The research builds on the premise that resources such as dual language books can give teachers the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metalinguistics, Multilingualism, English (Second Language)
Aujla-Bhullar, Sonia – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
Organizing and facilitating professional development (PD) for teachers around issues of ethnicity, race, language, culture, and religion is an important area of research within Canadian education. The diversity in schools across Canada is growing, and meeting the needs of these students becomes essential as we reflect on the aims of teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Ethnicity, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
