ERIC Number: EJ1017673
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1443-1475
EISSN: N/A
Indigenous Teacher Education as Cultural Brokerage: A University/First Nations Partnership to Prepare Nishnawbe Aski Teachers
Kitchen, Julian; Hodson, John; Raynor, Marg
International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, v12 n1 p119-134 2013
This paper studies a community-based Indigenous teacher education program in Northwestern Ontario in Canada. This program, the result of a partnership between the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and Brock University, was designed to prepare Nishnawbe Aski to teach through a Two Worlds Orientation: unique Indigenous understandings combined with Western educational principles. The program characteristics and structure are outlined. The strengths of the program, as identified by teacher candidates and teacher educators, are explored. Challenges to teacher candidate success are also considered.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Educational Principles, Teaching Methods, Western Civilization, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Program Descriptions, American Indians, Online Courses, Family Life, Caring, Teacher Student Relationship, American Indian Culture, Culturally Relevant Education, College Faculty, Semi Structured Interviews
Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: http://openjournals.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IEJ
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A