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We Are More Than Baskets, Beads, And Bannock: Expanding Teachers’ Knowledge Through Indigenous Professional Development And In-Service Training, Corinne Chappell
We Are More Than Baskets, Beads, And Bannock: Expanding Teachers’ Knowledge Through Indigenous Professional Development And In-Service Training, Corinne Chappell
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) explores Megwe'g School Board's (MSB, pseudonym) ongoing challenge to integrate Indigenous education into classrooms. The underlying cause is the need for Indigenous professional development and in-service learning opportunities for teachers to teach Indigenous education. Indigenous cultural teachings are embedded within the province's curriculum but are seldom taught as directed by the provincial curriculum guide. Three proposed solutions to the Problem of Practice will be examined. The Appreciative Inquiry change model was utilized as the framework for leading change for the selected proposed solution. Critical Indigenous Theory (CIT) was chosen for the Organizational Improvement Plan. CIT …
Indigenous Cultural Influenced Change Management, Mary Fuke
Indigenous Cultural Influenced Change Management, Mary Fuke
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
Organization X is one of nine Indigenous post-secondary institutions in Ontario. For over 25 years the organization has been operating on funding from partnership and grant proposals that is renewed on a yearly basis. In 2017, Ontario recognized Indigenous Institutes as the “third pillar” of Ontario’s post-secondary landscape which is to be implemented through the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council (IAESC) who provides the quality assurance framework for Indigenous institutions. This Organization Improvement Plan (OIP) explores the problem of linking Indigenous and western ideologies and epistemologies within a change management plan to successfully implement this change. The plan considers …
The Development Of The Public Schools In New Mexico Between 1848 And 1900, Thomas J. Mayfield Jr.
The Development Of The Public Schools In New Mexico Between 1848 And 1900, Thomas J. Mayfield Jr.
Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs
The conditions of New Mexico and its time of annexation to the United States were different from most other territories that had been added. The population was composed almost entirely of Spanish descent and Indians. Their customs and ideas of church and state differed completely from those of the American subjects. The climatic and geographic conditions of the territory caused the living conditions to be entirely different. The problem in this study is to show how these conditions affected the educational development and how many obstacles were overcome in establishing a system of public schools. The legal status of the …