Strength in Numbers: Learning Together in Online Communities – A Learner Support System for Adult First Nation Students and Practitioners
Longstanding calls for return to self-government and continuing alienation of First Nations’ youth from mainstream educational systems point to the need for provision of adult education that serves First Nations’ needs. An adaptable and culturally coherent learner support system for adult education...
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ftjopenpraxis:oai:ojs.cluster005.ovh.net:article/163 2023-05-15T16:15:16+02:00 Strength in Numbers: Learning Together in Online Communities – A Learner Support System for Adult First Nation Students and Practitioners Sanguins, Heather 2015-02-13 application/pdf http://www.openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/163 https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.7.1.163 eng eng ICDE http://www.openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/163/136 http://www.openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/163 doi:10.5944/openpraxis.7.1.163 Open Praxis; Vol 7, No 1 (2015); 103-112 2304-070X Education Adult Education Social Science Aboriginal Studies Bookkeeping Communities of Interest Communities of Practice Constructivist learning Sociocultural theory 05.04 99 Other Innovation Communication (Virtual Learning Communities) 07.03 99 44 Other Systems of Education (Virtual Learning Communities) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article Conceptualization; Literary analysis 2015 ftjopenpraxis https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.7.1.163 2020-06-21T08:42:32Z Longstanding calls for return to self-government and continuing alienation of First Nations’ youth from mainstream educational systems point to the need for provision of adult education that serves First Nations’ needs. An adaptable and culturally coherent learner support system for adult education programs for First Nation students and practitioners is proposed that can be adapted for use by different groups and for different subjects to support self-determination and self-government. Using online Communities of Interest (for learners) and Communities of Practice (for practitioners) is culturally appropriate and would facilitate engagement of students and practitioners, particularly in view of the importance that First Nations place on community. Establishment and evaluation of a pilot project to test the approach is recommended. Because of its relevance to self-determination and self-government, bookkeeping is recommended to be the first curricular subject to demonstrate the learner support system. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Unknown Open Praxis 7 1 |
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Longstanding calls for return to self-government and continuing alienation of First Nations’ youth from mainstream educational systems point to the need for provision of adult education that serves First Nations’ needs. An adaptable and culturally coherent learner support system for adult education programs for First Nation students and practitioners is proposed that can be adapted for use by different groups and for different subjects to support self-determination and self-government. Using online Communities of Interest (for learners) and Communities of Practice (for practitioners) is culturally appropriate and would facilitate engagement of students and practitioners, particularly in view of the importance that First Nations place on community. Establishment and evaluation of a pilot project to test the approach is recommended. Because of its relevance to self-determination and self-government, bookkeeping is recommended to be the first curricular subject to demonstrate the learner support system. |
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Strength in Numbers: Learning Together in Online Communities – A Learner Support System for Adult First Nation Students and Practitioners |
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