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Direct linkSamuelson, Beth Lewis; Park, G Yeon; Munyaneza, Simon Pierre – TESOL Journal, 2018
When teachers and learners of English face challenging circumstances such as limited access to books and teaching supplies, local practices such as oral storytelling traditions can provide creative resources for supporting language and literacy development. We describe how a cultural imaginary of stories told by Rwandan and U.S. students supported…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Story Telling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lerma, Michael – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
What is the relationship between Indigenous peoples and violent reactions to contemporary states? This research explores differing, culturally informed notions of attachment to land or place territory. Mechanistic ties and organic ties to land are linked to a key distinction between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples. Utilizing the…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Land Use, American Indians, Attachment Behavior
Download full textBoucouvalas, 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
Springer, James W. – Academic Questions, 2005
The effect of law on research and scholarship is amply illustrated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and other statutes, which, when they impel reburial of archaeological discoveries, result in a very real sacrificing of our past. In this case, the Act seems driven by a misguided notion that anthropology is not the…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, American Indians, Anthropology, Whites
Alemna, A. A. – International Forum on Information and Documentation, 1995
Presents a report on a study of the organization of oral data in libraries and archives in the United States and Canada. The management, collection, processing, and dissemination of materials in 10 documentation centers was investigated. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Administration, Archives, Information Management, Information Processing
Glasgow, Jacqueline N., Ed.; Rice, Linda J., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2007
In today's interconnected and global society, socially responsive learning is an integral part of educational excellence. This book encourages socially responsive learning by showing the reader how to use traditional African folk tales and quality children's books, young adult novels, classic literature, and film media about Africa as the mode for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classics (Literature), Novels, Oral Tradition
Desai, Shiv Raj; Marsh, Tyson – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2005
Spoken word is a form of poetry that utilizes the strengths of the communities: oral tradition, call-and-response, home languages, storytelling, and resistance. Spoken word poetry is usually performed for an audience and must be heard. The authors are interested in investigating how spoken word can be utilized as a critical teaching tool that can…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Oral Tradition, Word Recognition, Poetry
