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Implementing A Humanistic Approach Towards Educational Equity For English Learners, Deborah Wheeler

Journal of English Learner Education

Schools must provide equitable education to English learners (ELs), ensure equitable opportunities to education programs, and facilitate comprehensible instruction. ELs encounter challenges consisting of learning English, adjusting to a new culture, achieving academic expectations, and assimilating. Implementing a humanistic approach helps ELs mediate through cultural nuances, language learning, academic objectives, and by applying a humanistic approach, educational equity will be established. To guarantee that every student is given an equitable opportunity, all stakeholders are responsible for ensuring the educational system is prepared for diversity, equipped with multicultural knowledge, provided with enriching resources, and ready to implement of a humanistic approach. …

Perspective Of Nyerere On Self-Reliance: A Transformational Rhetorical For Liberating African Identity In Tanzanian Context, Ayub Mwampela

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999) was the first president of Tanganyika in 1961 and the founding father of the United Republic of Tanzania, after having merged Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964. He died from leukemia on October 14, 1999, in London. He was 77 years old. Among the most memorable events in the life of Nyerere is his involvement in the struggle for the freedom of African people from foreign influences.

The goal of this research is to ask and answer to the following question: How does the perspective of Nyerere on self-reliance contribute to the effort of liberating African identity? …

Anishinaabe Values And Servant Leadership: A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach, Tori Mcmillan

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This meta-synthesis explores the connections between the Mishomis Teachings (also known as the Seven Grandfather Teachings within the Anishinaabe culture) and the principles of Servant Leadership. Through a systematic literature review of methodology and the theoretical frameworks of Two-Eyed Seeing and Ethical Space, The Mishomis Teachings and their connections to Servant Leadership are researched to answer: How is a Two-Eyed Seeing approach to Servant Leadership informed by Anishinaabe Values? The literature reveals significant connections between the Mishomis Teachings and Servant Leadership that provide an Indigenized perspective on values-based leadership practices. The implications of this study highlight a growing need …

The Impact Of Trauma-Informed Professional Development On Classroom Climate, Amber Lenz

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

When students experience trauma or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the home, such as substance abuse, mental illness, neglect, or violence, schools become an important place in which support, kindness, and understanding are needed the most. School can, for some students, be a place of physical safety and emotional stability. Oftentimes, the weight of what is going on at home or in the community is being miscategorized and is seen as misbehavior or laziness in a student. If teachers do not learn how to deal with the trauma in a supportive and validating way, students will stay distracted and disengaged …

Children And Technology: Why Technology Is Important For Our Children, Jill Mactiernan

Student Theses

Many people get scared when they hear about how much technology runs the world today. They tend to get frightened when they go to a store and have to use a selfcheckout instead of a cashier. Parents are scared of the dangers of the internet and how it will affect their children, so they tend to try to prevent/limit their children’s usage of the internet and other technologies. However, that may not always be the right move. Technology can not be avoided; it is a part of our everyday lives. With proper guidance and teachings, children can learn how to …

Education Administration In Federal Indian Law: Learning From A Colonial Project Turned Tool Of Liberation, Ariel Liberman, Douglas L. Waters Jr.

American Indian Law Journal

While statistics tend to focus on the difficulties facing tribal education, this article endeavors to look at the matter with fresh eyes. The federal administrative paradigm governing tribal schools has gone from a tool of cultural genocide to a mechanism for empowerment. A survey of recent governmental reforms demonstrates an embrace of the diversity of Indigenous communities, an interest in empowering students through learning, and an acknowledgement of a history of active disenfranchisement. This is ever-evolving federal-tribal relationship shows the administrative state’s capacity for dealing with greatly nuanced community needs and for tailor-making reforms to achieve concrete goals, even if …

We’Re Not Migrating Yet: Engaging Children’S Geographies And Learning With Lands And Waters, Anna Lees, Megan Bang

Occasional Paper Series

Considering the places, the geographies, of children’s learning, of human learning, is fundamental to seriously considering not only the “whats” or the content of learning but perhaps more importantly the “whys” and the “hows” of learning and the overall goals of education. The whys and hows of education construct what is deemed relevant and irrelevant as well as what is rendered invisible to the “here and now” to children’s lives (Apple, 2004; Iorio & Parnell, 2015; Nxumalo et al., 2011; Tesar, 2015). We argue in our work that issues of place, and relevancy to the “here and now”, is always …

Towards A Healing Curriculum: Addressing Cultural Inclusion For The Indigenous Sadri Community In Bangladesh, Jurana Aziz

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Bangladesh is a Southeast Asian country where the indigenous people of the northern and southeastern region speak a variety of native languages. But none of their languages is included in the main curriculum for teaching or learning. As a result, these people are often not motivated to send their children to school. The language policy of the country does not include these indigenous languages in the core curriculum. Though the government of Bangladesh has started an initial plan to introduce education in mother tongues of five major indigenous languages in the country, they are not yet implemented. A large number …

Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Project-Based Learning (Pbl) Education: A New Mexico Case Study For Equity And Inclusion, Kimberly A. Scheerer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This research addresses how student participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) education activities encourages underrepresented minority student achievement in STEM career field trajectories. Seven New Mexico high school counselors and 12 STEM organization personnel were interviewed during this study. Their responses represent the nuanced professional voices where New Mexico public education intersects with STEM student interest and cultural influence.

For students, STEM PBL can foster deep integration across educational disciplines and enhance STEM career trajectory interest and readiness. STEM education converged with PBL methodologies has the ability to leverage community support while broadening student networks. …

What About Irrigation?, Diana Lawrence, Maggie Gover

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This a copy of American for Indian Opportunity Red Paper # 17 entitled “What about Irrigation” addressed to Tribal Decision Makers. This paper was prepared in response to expressed interest by tribal councils in agriculture as economic development. Diana Lawrence, research assistant and Maggie Grover, program director for AIO prepared this paper.

For Some Of Our Friends And Others, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of an AIO red paper entitled ‘For some of our friends and others: Indian Tribes are separate government units’ discussing Native American tribes’ self-government, dual citizenship, dual entitlement, self-determination, contributions to the over-all economy, serving the interests of non-Indians, and cooperation.

Real Choices In Indian Resources Development, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of a report about the Conference on Real Choices in Indian Resources Development attended by fifteen selected tribal leaders from all around the country to examine the alternatives available to Indian tribes in regard to the development of their natural resources.

Aio: Problem And Response, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is an undated copy of an AIO report on contemporary issues facing Native Americans.

Native American Philosophy And Perspective Of Development, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio), Other Native American Organizations

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file presents an overview of development as it is characterized in five general areas: governance, education, social welfare, and spiritual/cultural. It intends to give the reader a Native American vision of development as a process that is part of the continuum of our existence, and not an isolate event. This document was written collaboratively by the American Indian Trade and Development Council, AIO, the Council for Tribal Employment rights, the Council of Energy Resource Tribes, First Nations Financial Project, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Native American Rights Fund, and the Seventh …

Los Desafíos Y Sueños Históricos Y Actuales De La Unidad Educativa Amauta Ñanpi: Comunidad Como Base Y Meta De La Educación Intercultural Bilingüe, Catherine Rhame

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Esta investigación se centra en la implementación de la Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (EIB) en la Unidad Educativa Amauta Ñanpi, ubicada en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. La EIB fue desarrollada como manera de luchar contra el olvido de las lenguas y conocimientos ancestrales de los pueblos originarios de Ecuador; por lo tanto, la EIB toma como base el principio de que la educación debe tanto surgir de como reforzar las comunidades — humanas y no-humanas — servidas por sus instituciones. En Amauta Ñanpi, esto implica un fuerte vínculo con la cosmovisión y lengua kichwa y con la selva misma, entidad considerada viva. …

Indian Tribal Governments: Problems And Challenges On The People's Road To Sovereignty, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of an article manuscript providing basic information for a better understanding of the problems and challenges facing Native American tribes today in their efforts to gain more control over their destiny as sovereign peoples.

Epa – Partners Of Protection Of Tribal Environments, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio), Epa

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a set of two copies of reports on the EPA/Tribal Leaders Environmental Forums entitled: ‘Partners for the Protection of Tribal Environments’ and the ‘EPA-Tribal Leaders Workshop’. The first copy of a final report covers activities undertaken by Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) under a contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to identify barriers to the protection of the environment on and around Tribal lands and to facilitate the development of options for overcoming those barriers. The second report aims to enhance tribes’ ability to be proactive rather than reactive, to identify strategic options, and find a way to …

The Aboriginal Peoples Alliance, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a draft of an outline for a proposal to establish an alliance of native peoples to be tentatively called “The Aboriginal Peoples Alliance” who are found in the Americas and the Circum-Pacific region of the world.

Americans For Indian Opportunity, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a synthesized statement of philosophy and purpose of AIO, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that works to improve relationships among Indians and non-Indians to strike down stereotypes and to build upon the strong, positive self-image and powerful motivating force of pride in Indianness.

White House Conference On Balanced National Growth And Economic Development, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of LaDonna Harris’ remarks on issues of economic development, growth, and government in 278 Native American tribes at The White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and economic development. By addressing common issues in tribal governmental processes, she suggests that improved intergovernmental relations between tribal and state governments would improve the possibilities for a balanced national growth.