Full Description
How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting First Nations education since 1986 and a series of recommendations for future policy changes.
Jerry Paquette and GÉrald Fallon challenge the fundamental assumptions about Aboriginal education that have led to a Balkanized and ineffective educational system able to serve few of the needs of students. To move forward, the authors have developed a conceptual framework with which to re-envision the social, political, and educational goals of a self-governing First Nations education system. Offering a sorely needed fresh perspective on an issue vital to the community, First Nations Education Policy in Canada is grounds for critical reflection not only on education but on the future of Aboriginal self-determination.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue: Historical Context
Framing First Nations Education within Self-Government and Self-Determination
Policy Context: Competing Discourses and Evolution of the Policy Context of First Nations Education
Post-Secondary Education
Up the Down Staircase in Two Dimensions: Local, Regional, National Control and Jurisdiction
Breaking the Gridlock: Challenges and Options
Values, Principles, and Ethics, as sine qua non
Vision and Purpose: A Second sine qua non
Notes
References
Index
