Inuit Voices on Quality Education in Nunavut: Policy Implications
This paper is based on a research that explored how Inuit community members in Nunavut Territory, Canada, conceptualized quality education in the socio-cultural context of the territory. Data were collected through telephone interviews of 13 Inuit community members in Nunavut and document reviews bo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:be33b844199547399624b500f4324e63 2023-05-15T16:54:05+02:00 Inuit Voices on Quality Education in Nunavut: Policy Implications Eric Fredua-Kwarteng* 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.2.1.31 https://doaj.org/article/be33b844199547399624b500f4324e63 EN eng Tayfun Yagar https://ijem.com//IJEM_2_1_31.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9632 2469-9632 doi:10.12973/ijem.2.1.31 https://doaj.org/article/be33b844199547399624b500f4324e63 International Journal of Educational Methodology, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 31-44 (2016) Quality education culture culturally relevant schooling policy Inuit perspectives colonization History of education LA5-2396 Special aspects of education LC8-6691 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.2.1.31 2022-12-31T15:02:15Z This paper is based on a research that explored how Inuit community members in Nunavut Territory, Canada, conceptualized quality education in the socio-cultural context of the territory. Data were collected through telephone interviews of 13 Inuit community members in Nunavut and document reviews both of which were conducted in 2010. The data analysis showed that Inuit community members are r gravely concerned with:(1) the low grade twelve graduation rates and high dropout rates in the territory schools;(2) School improvement planning that engages Inuit communities; (3) Integration of school with the larger community; (4) Communicative engagement with parents and other community stakeholders; (5) Culturally relevant school programming and pedagogy; and (6) Culturally appropriate disciplinary methods. In the conclusion, the paper spells out the policy implications of the findings. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavut Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Nunavut International Journal of Educational Methodology 2 1 31 44 |
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This paper is based on a research that explored how Inuit community members in Nunavut Territory, Canada, conceptualized quality education in the socio-cultural context of the territory. Data were collected through telephone interviews of 13 Inuit community members in Nunavut and document reviews both of which were conducted in 2010. The data analysis showed that Inuit community members are r gravely concerned with:(1) the low grade twelve graduation rates and high dropout rates in the territory schools;(2) School improvement planning that engages Inuit communities; (3) Integration of school with the larger community; (4) Communicative engagement with parents and other community stakeholders; (5) Culturally relevant school programming and pedagogy; and (6) Culturally appropriate disciplinary methods. In the conclusion, the paper spells out the policy implications of the findings. |
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Inuit Voices on Quality Education in Nunavut: Policy Implications |
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