Inuit Language, Culture, and Parental Engagement in Schooling in One Nunavut Community
This article explores findings on Inuit parental engagement in schooling drawn frominterviews with 74 Inuit adults and from four months of participant observation inone Nunavut community. It describes the many ways that Inuit parents supporttheir children's learning—ways that are sometimes diff...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/196486 2023-05-15T16:54:00+02:00 Inuit Language, Culture, and Parental Engagement in Schooling in One Nunavut Community Berger, Paul 2021-12-10 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196486 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v32i1.196486 eng eng UBC Faculty of Education http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196486/191595 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196486 doi:10.14288/cjne.v32i1.196486 Copyright (c) 2021 Canadian Journal of Native Education Canadian Journal of Native Education; Vol. 32 No. 1 (2009) 0710-1481 10.14288/cjne.v32i1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2021 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v32i1.196486 https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v32i1 2023-01-04T07:51:12Z This article explores findings on Inuit parental engagement in schooling drawn frominterviews with 74 Inuit adults and from four months of participant observation inone Nunavut community. It describes the many ways that Inuit parents supporttheir children's learning—ways that are sometimes different from those of astereotypically assertive middle-class Euro-Cananadian parent. It argues that it is amistake for teachers to expect Inuit parents to support schools as EuroCanadianparents might. Instead, to increase parental involvement, Nunavut schools shouldhonor Inuit wishes by bringing Inuit knowledge strongly into schooling. The desirefor more culture, more lnuktitut, and more Elders in schools was passionatelyexpressed by participants who also wanted higher academic standards. Althoughparticipants expressed support for schooling due to its role as a gateway to paidemployment, further support would result from making schooling in Nunavutsupportive of Inuit language and culture. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavut Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) Nunavut |
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This article explores findings on Inuit parental engagement in schooling drawn frominterviews with 74 Inuit adults and from four months of participant observation inone Nunavut community. It describes the many ways that Inuit parents supporttheir children's learning—ways that are sometimes different from those of astereotypically assertive middle-class Euro-Cananadian parent. It argues that it is amistake for teachers to expect Inuit parents to support schools as EuroCanadianparents might. Instead, to increase parental involvement, Nunavut schools shouldhonor Inuit wishes by bringing Inuit knowledge strongly into schooling. The desirefor more culture, more lnuktitut, and more Elders in schools was passionatelyexpressed by participants who also wanted higher academic standards. Althoughparticipants expressed support for schooling due to its role as a gateway to paidemployment, further support would result from making schooling in Nunavutsupportive of Inuit language and culture. |
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Inuit Language, Culture, and Parental Engagement in Schooling in One Nunavut Community |
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Inuit Language, Culture, and Parental Engagement in Schooling in One Nunavut Community |
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UBC Faculty of Education |
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