Indigenous Education and Empowerment

International Perspectives

Duane Champagne editor Ismael Abu-Saad editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:AltaMira Press

Published:23rd Mar '06

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Indigenous Education and Empowerment cover

Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. Largely unsuccessful projects of assimilation have been the predominant outcome of indigenous communities' encounters with state schools, as many indigenous students fail to conform to mainstream cultural norms. This insightful volume is an important contribution to our understanding of indigenous empowerment through education. The contributors to this volume work in the fields of education, social development and community empowerment among indigenous communities around the world. Their essays create a new foundation for implementing specialized indigenous/minority education worldwide, and engage the simultaneous projects of cultural preservation and social integration. This work will be vital for scholars in Native American studies, ethnic studies, and education.

ISBN: 9780759108943

Dimensions: 235mm x 164mm x 21mm

Weight: 426g

208 pages