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Sandra Yellowhorse – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This writing stems from many years of work and resulted in an article titled, "Disability and Diné relational teachings: Diné Educational Pedagogy and the story of Early Twilight Dawn Boy." Through exploring relational teachings of disability from my Diné community (Native Nation located in the Southwest United States), I recovered Diné…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Tribes, Disabilities, Indigenous Populations
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Carolyn McKinney – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Framed by decolonial theory, this paper explores how language and literacy ideologies, including Anglonormativity, or the expectation that children should be proficient in a standardised version of English and are deficient if not, shape language and literacy practices in South African classrooms. While not legitimised, the use of fluid language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, Ethnography, Decolonization
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Leung, Bo-Wah – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2020
Transmission of traditional art forms in the modern world has been a major issue in the field of arts education. Different issues have been raised on how to preserve the traditional art forms for further development. Cantonese opera is a representative Chinese opera popular in south China including Hong Kong. However, the genre has been…
Descriptors: Opera, Music Education, Sino Tibetan Languages, Cultural Maintenance
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Hibbin, Rebecca – Pastoral Care in Education, 2016
The oral re-telling of traditional tales, modelled by a storyteller and taught to children in school, can be understood as 'non-instrumental' practice in speaking and listening that emphasises oral language over the reading and writing of stories. While oral storytelling has significant benefits to children's education and development, it is…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Story Telling, Empathy, Personal Narratives
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: International Education, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Students
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Murphy, Isabel I.; Vencio, Elizabeth – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
This article explores mother tongue awareness among several Brazilian Amerindian societies in contrast with the perception of the importance of the vernacular according to policy makers and academics. The perception of the vernacular as important is discussed in the light of continuing debate among Brazil's educators concerning appropriate…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Speech Communication, Native Language Instruction, Written Language
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Espinoza-Herold, Mariella – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2007
This mother-daughter case study focuses on a key feature of discourse within a Mexican immigrant family that links oral traditions to resilience and motivation. I combine observations from a previous ethnographic study with recent follow-up interviews of a Mexican immigrant student building on a funds of knowledge framework and an ecological…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Personality Traits, Motivation