DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS

In this article, I explore the incongruence between the federal government’s proposed First Nations Education Act and the approach of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regarding language and culture education. I also examine research concerning potential outcomes of their approaches to determine w...

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Main Author: Morcom, Lindsay
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2017
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First Nations
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/42870 2024-09-09T19:40:12+00:00 DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS Morcom, Lindsay 2017-07-25 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/42870 eng eng University of Saskatchewan https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/42870/30727 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/42870 Copyright (c) 2017 Lindsay Morcom Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy; No. 163 (2014) Revue canadienne en administration et politique de l'éducation; No. 163 (2014) 1207-7798 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2017 ftunivcalgaryojs 2024-07-25T03:16:02Z In this article, I explore the incongruence between the federal government’s proposed First Nations Education Act and the approach of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regarding language and culture education. I also examine research concerning potential outcomes of their approaches to determine what would be most beneficial to learners. Language and culture inclusion in schools has been shown to impact significantly on academic and social outcomes for Aboriginal youth, and there are substantial financial and practical differences involved in creating and maintaining different types of language and culture programs. Therefore, this incongruence is of great practical importance for policy makers and education practitioners. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Calgary Journal Hosting
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description In this article, I explore the incongruence between the federal government’s proposed First Nations Education Act and the approach of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regarding language and culture education. I also examine research concerning potential outcomes of their approaches to determine what would be most beneficial to learners. Language and culture inclusion in schools has been shown to impact significantly on academic and social outcomes for Aboriginal youth, and there are substantial financial and practical differences involved in creating and maintaining different types of language and culture programs. Therefore, this incongruence is of great practical importance for policy makers and education practitioners.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Morcom, Lindsay
spellingShingle Morcom, Lindsay
DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
author_facet Morcom, Lindsay
author_sort Morcom, Lindsay
title DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
title_short DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
title_full DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
title_fullStr DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
title_full_unstemmed DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN FIRST NATIONS SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON OF THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION ACT WITH THE POLICY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
title_sort determining the role of language and culture in first nations schools: a comparison of the first nations education act with the policy of the assembly of first nations
publisher University of Saskatchewan
publishDate 2017
url https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/42870
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op_source Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy; No. 163 (2014)
Revue canadienne en administration et politique de l'éducation; No. 163 (2014)
1207-7798
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op_rights Copyright (c) 2017 Lindsay Morcom
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