Serving the Purpose of Education
In this article, Leona Okakok analyzes differences between the Northwest Alaska Inupiat and the Western world views, discusses the history of Western culture's influence on her own culture, and explains why the Native school board has taken full control of the educational system. She includes a...
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crharvardep:10.17763/haer.59.4.j774101814p68423 2024-05-19T07:43:10+00:00 Serving the Purpose of Education Okakok, Leona 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.17763/haer.59.4.j774101814p68423 http://meridian.allenpress.com/her/article-pdf/59/4/405/2112363/haer_59_4_j774101814p68423.pdf en eng Harvard Education Publishing Group Harvard Educational Review volume 59, issue 4, page 405-423 ISSN 0017-8055 1943-5045 journal-article 1989 crharvardep https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.59.4.j774101814p68423 2024-05-01T06:51:53Z In this article, Leona Okakok analyzes differences between the Northwest Alaska Inupiat and the Western world views, discusses the history of Western culture's influence on her own culture, and explains why the Native school board has taken full control of the educational system. She includes a discussion of the Inupiat's struggle to preserve their mother tongue and details how the school board has managed to adapt a foreign educational system to contemporary Inupiat culture (which accommodates both Western institutions and a traditional, subsistence-based lifestyle). Okakok's perceptive analyses encompass multiple viewpoints and engage the reader with concrete images and experiences of community-based education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Inupiat Alaska Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG) Harvard Educational Review 59 4 405 423 |
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In this article, Leona Okakok analyzes differences between the Northwest Alaska Inupiat and the Western world views, discusses the history of Western culture's influence on her own culture, and explains why the Native school board has taken full control of the educational system. She includes a discussion of the Inupiat's struggle to preserve their mother tongue and details how the school board has managed to adapt a foreign educational system to contemporary Inupiat culture (which accommodates both Western institutions and a traditional, subsistence-based lifestyle). Okakok's perceptive analyses encompass multiple viewpoints and engage the reader with concrete images and experiences of community-based education. |
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