An Investigation of Teachers' Role Definitions in Nunavik
This study examines perceived teacher role definitions in educating Inuit students inNunavik. Recent work in Aboriginal, critical, and anti-racism education, along withthe Cummins model, build on poststructural theory and constitute the conceptualfram ew ork o f this research project. The methodolog...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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UBC Faculty of Education
2021
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196355 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v27i2.196355 |
| Summary: | This study examines perceived teacher role definitions in educating Inuit students inNunavik. Recent work in Aboriginal, critical, and anti-racism education, along withthe Cummins model, build on poststructural theory and constitute the conceptualfram ew ork o f this research project. The methodology includes individual intervieivs,short-answer questionnaires, and Likert-scale questionnaires completed by a group o fform er Kativik School Board members. The data suggest that teacher role definitionsmay have both positive and negative effects on Inuit students through their classroomand community interactions. |
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