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Constructing Health and Physical Education Curriculum for Indigenous Girls in a Remote Australian Community
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Whatman, Susan L.; Singh, Parlo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Over the last 20 years, curriculum development in Health and Physical Education (HPE) (or Physical Education, Physical Education and Health, Sport Education as it is variously called) has repeatedly attempted to address issues of equity and social inclusion. Why then does systemic educational disadvantage persist, and why do the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Indigenous Populations, Health Education, Curriculum Development
Leadership and Accountability in American Indian Education: Voices from New Mexico
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Bird, Carlotta Penny; Lee, Tiffany S.; Lopez, Nancy – American Journal of Education, 2013
How do American Indian students, parents, and teachers conceptualize leadership in New Mexico public schools? How do they negotiate power dynamics within this context? The objective of this study was to investigate how leadership and accountability in American Indian schools and communities in New Mexico is recognized, characterized, contested,…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Education, Public Schools, Group Dynamics
"We're the Mob You Should Be Listening to": Aboriginal Elders at Mornington Island Speak up about Productive Relationships with Visiting Teachers
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Bond, Hilary – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2010
This paper explores, with a qualitative framework, critical social theory and thematic analysis, the narratives of many Aboriginal elders of Mornington Island (Kunhanhaa) about their history and their potential to form productive kin-based relationships with visiting teachers in order to influence the curriculum and pedagogy delivered at the local…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Social Theories, School Community Relationship, Participatory Research
Preferences of Residents in Four Northern Alberta Communities regarding Local Post-Secondary Programming
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Fahy, Patrick J.; Steel, Nancy; Martin, Patricia – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The western Canadian province of Alberta has used some of the proceeds from exploitation of its extraordinary natural resources to make available a range of post-secondary training and education opportunities to residents. While these provisions appear comprehensive, this study examined how well they actually suit the express needs of the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Distance Education, Job Training, Foreign Countries
Local Knowledge and Experiences of Vaccination: Implications for HIV-Preventive Vaccine Trials in South Africa
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Lindegger, Graham; Quayle, Michael; Ndlovu, Moses – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
This study forms part of the preparation of communities for HIV-preventive vaccine trials in South Africa. On the basis of the assumption that attitudes to any HIV vaccine or vaccine trials will partly be influenced by experiences of vaccination in general, this study aimed to investigate knowledge of, attitudes to, and experiences of vaccination…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Immunization Programs, Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Exploring Perceptions of Giftedness in the Cook Islands Maori Community
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Miller, Graeme – International Education Journal, 2005
From my study in the field of gifted education it became apparent that published works related to perceptions of what constitutes giftedness began with a narrow view focused on achievement in intelligence tests and in the latter part of the twentieth century developed to a much broader view. In the New Zealand context the work of Bevan-Brown…
Descriptors: Gifted, Foreign Countries, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys