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Native American education between assimilation and self-determination - Schooling in tribal communities in the state of Arizona
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SourceTrends in Bildung international (2007) 17, S. 1-14 ZDB
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ISSN1610-5451; 16105451
LanguageEnglish
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review statusPublishing House Lectorship
Abstract (English):The paper explores the situation of education of Native American students in Arizona, USA. This entails an attention to some historical and to current developments. Focusing on certain school types in tribal communities and on the understanding of education from a native perspective, the aim is to show the dichotomy between self-determination and assimilation in educational processes and the challenge for the tribes to find own forms of schooling to prepare the young generations for future developments that benefit them and their tribes. The four school types, which are presented in the ... text, the author investigated on the Hopi and the Navajo reservation and in a Tohono O'odham community in Arizona in 2006. The intention of the field study was to capture a range of current schooling possibilities. Therefore schools were chosen that present the common types of today's native institutions as well as their use by different tribal communities. In addition to half-standardized interviews with teachers of the schools the method of open observation in classrooms and in community events as well as print media analysis were used. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Date of publication05.06.2012
CitationLahne, Melanie: Native American education between assimilation and self-determination - Schooling in tribal communities in the state of Arizona - In: Trends in Bildung international (2007) 17, S. 1-14 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-50706 - DOI: 10.25656/01:5070
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