Rites of Passage, Aboriginal Education and Learning for the 21st Century: Walkabout as a Radical—and Workable—Alternative

The Walkabout Program is an alternative and experiential learning practice that helps students to develop necessary skills for authentic learning and real world preparation through the completion of six learning passages. This aboriginal-based program celebrates the vital transition–or passage–from...

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Main Author: Blane Després
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.604.1967
http://jual.nipissingu.ca/pdf/v214.pdf
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