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Direct linkKaren J. A. Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The research described in this study sought to understand how teacher agency was influenced by engaging teachers in action research-based professional development. Teacher agency is a critical component of teacher professionalism and nurturing teachers to recognize and enact greater agency has the potential to elevate the profession of teaching. A…
Descriptors: Action Research, Professionalism, Faculty Development, Professional Autonomy
Moses, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Most bilingual programs are built around a clear separation between the two languages used throughout the school day. However, in bilingual research centers (BRCs), a key component of the Gomez and Gomez Dual Language Enrichment model, students can choose which language to use. This is what sparked my interest, because I wanted to understand more…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Eskimo Aleut Languages, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedSiekmann, Sabine; Webster, Joan Parker – Ethnography and Education, 2019
This paper explores the tensions that exist between the recognition of the importance of ethnicity and culture for individual and group identities without essentilisation, by reframing conceptualisations of multi- and interculturalism. Drawing from our ongoing ethnography conducted with a research community of Alaska Native PhD candidates involved…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Intercultural Communication, Ethnicity, Cultural Influences
Coles-Ritchie, Marilee; Monson, Bayley; Moses, Catherine – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
In this research, the authors explored how teachers using student-generated photography draw on local knowledge. The study draws on the framework of funds of knowledge to highlight the assets marginalized students bring to the classroom and the need for culturally relevant pedagogy to address the needs of a diverse public school population. The…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Indigenous Knowledge, Public Schools
Coles-Ritchie, Marilee; Charles, Walkie – Journal of American Indian Education, 2011
In light of attempts to build a stronger appreciation for knowledge that is often constructed by the dominant Western culture's standards, this article focuses on the efforts to create agency among classroom teachers who teach in rural Alaskan schools. In discussions around the theories of assessment--the focal point of a summer course examined…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Action Research, English Instruction, Language Acquisition
Patten, Christi A.; Enoch, Carrie; Renner, Caroline C.; Offord, Kenneth P.; Nevak, Caroline; Kelley, Stacy F.; Thomas, Janet; Decker, Paul A.; Hurt, Richard D.; Lanier, Anne; Kaur, Judith S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Tobacco cessation interventions developed for Alaska Native adolescents do not exist. This study employed focus group methodology to explore preferences for tobacco cessation interventions and barriers to participation among 49 Alaska Natives (61% female) with a mean age of 14.6 (SD = 1.6) who resided in western Alaska. Using content analysis,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Alaska Natives, Focus Groups, Content Analysis
Download full textOlson, Jennifer; Olson, Philip D.; Pingayak, Teresa; Sterling, Katherine W.; Pierzchanowski, Lenea K. M. – 2002
Yup'ik Head Start personnel in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta in Alaska wanted to create a team approach for serving at-risk children with special needs. The area's umbrella agency for Head Start partnered with an innovative in-service team training project developed by the University of Idaho to deliver a culturally relevant, mobile in-service module…
Descriptors: Action Research, Alaska Natives, Biculturalism, Culturally Relevant Education
Caldwell, Joyce Y.; Davis, Jamie D.; Du Bois, Barbara; Echo-Hawk, Holly; Erickson, Jill Shepard; Goins, R. Turner; Hill, Calvin; Hillabrant, Walter; Johnson, Sharon R.; Kendall, Elizabeth; Keemer, Kelly; Manson, Spero M.; Marshall, Catherine A.; Running Wolf, Paulette; Santiago, Rolando L.; Schacht, Robert; Stone, Joseph B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2005
This article describes the collective experience of a multidisciplinary network of researchers, practitioners, and program evaluators who support appropriate research and evaluation methods in working with Native peoples. Our experience underlines the critical importance of culture in understanding and conducting research with the diverse…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Alaska Natives
Apthorp, Helen S.; D'Amato, Elaine DeBassige; Richardson, Amy – 2002
This report reviews education programs and practices that have improved Native American student achievement in English language arts and mathematics. In Navajo tribal schools, teaching Indigenous language and literacy first, followed by teaching English and promoting bilingualism, helped students perform well on tests of vocabulary, comprehension,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Action Research, Alaska Natives
Lipka, Jerry; Mohatt, Gerald V. – 1998
This book demonstrates that an indigenous teachers' group has the potential to transform the culture of schooling. Personal narratives by Yup'ik Eskimo teachers speak directly to issues of equity and school transformation. Their struggles represent the beginning of a slow process by a group of Yup'ik teachers (Ciulistet) and university colleagues…
Descriptors: Action Research, Alaska Natives, College School Cooperation, Cultural Differences
