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Lipka, Jerry; Willer, Cristy – 1985
This combined teacher guide and student text is written with the broad goal of involving high school students in Bristol Bay, Alaska, in the planning and design of their region's future. Unit I introduces changes occurring on village and regional levels, discusses planning strategies for community development, and presents village profiles for…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Business
Download full textKleinfeld, Judith, Ed. – 1988
This study is a "teaching case." It is a description of events written to help education students understand the complex, ambiguous situations that arise in rural teaching. The limitations of scientific rules and principles for teacher training are especially obvious in rural Alaska schools--where teachers who are typically Caucasian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alcoholism, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Finley, Paris – 1988
This case study describes an experienced high school teacher's difficulties in an Alaskan town with severe tensions between Caucasian and Eskimo students and between community members and teachers. This "teaching case" helps preservice teachers understand the complex, ambiguous situations which arise in rural teaching. The limitations of…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Case Studies, Community Problems, Critical Thinking
Harrison, Barbara; And Others – 1985
A University of Alaska staff member, two local teachers, and two community members used on-site visits, observations, questionnaires, and interviews to assess development of the Manokotak school from its inception in 1947 to 1984 as perceived by community members, school staff, and students. Rural and cross-cultural, the Alaskan school served 117…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Carey, Richard Adams; Kleinfeld, Judith, Ed. – 1988
This study is a "teaching case." It is a description of events written to help education students understand the complex, ambiguous situations which arise in rural teaching. The limitations of scientific rules and principles for teacher training are especially obvious in rural Alaska schools--where teachers who are typically Caucasian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Studies
Dick, Alan – 1997
This science curriculum was written to inspire rural Alaskans, primarily Alaska Natives, to find science in their local environment. The author lived a subsistence lifestyle in the Alaskan bush for over 30 years and claims that understanding science has often kept him from being stuck out in the woods. Section 1, Skills, Tools, and Craftsmanship,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Indigenous Knowledge
