Watch Out for the W/HOLE! Student Multimedia Projects and Culturally Based Education ...

• Main Author: Scott, Tish
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Journal of Native Education 2021
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v29i1.196383; https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196383

This inquiry explored community members' perceptions of education and how thisconnected with student-produced multimedia technology projects. The projects are examples of Culturally Based Education (CBE) programming from a grade 6/7 classlocated in a remote northwestern Canadian First Nations village. In this qualitativecase study, themes of achievement and level of educational attainment, employability,and culture emerged from analysis of open-ended interviews with communitymembers, community presentations, and meetings. CBE initiatives such as thestudent technology projects that are community-based and culturally relevantprovide opportunities for the education and health of the whole child to be integratedand connected. ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 29 No. 1 (2006) ...