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Try To Explore The Implementation Of The Strategy And Its Main Features Of Aboriginal Education In Canada

Posted on:2016-11-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z W WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2297330464959149Subject:Comparative Education
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Canada enjoys a high ranking place on the Human Development Index, but the achievement of Aboriginal education is lower. Therefore, relevant educational institutions take various strategies to improve achievement among First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students and to close the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in academic achievement. However, these educational institutions evaluate according to the European Central Theory as the standard, to measure the aboriginal students’ academic success. This is a deviation of cultural and epistemological, because Aboriginal students have their own integral and unique knowledge.The Canadian First Nations and Inuit have their own language, culture, knowledge, spiritual beliefs and values, etc. These concepts are gained by Aboriginal tribal elders living with their parents in words and deeds, forming unique educational philosophy and Aboriginal Education. They pay attention to balancing and meeting the children emotion, mental, physical and spiritual needs. Aboriginal Educational goal is to train traditional Aboriginal knowledge, skills and values rooted in their long history.Canadian Aboriginal people believe that between humans and the natural world exists a mutual respect and interrelated ethical responsibility. There are differences in the Canadian Aboriginal science and Western science. In science education, Aboriginal students have to face specific academic and cultural challenges. Adopting all kinds of information of Aboriginal unique culture of Saskatchewan, Canadian science educators successfully research and develop science curriculum for Aboriginal students. There are different integration contents between Western science and Aboriginal science in each unit.K-7 grade students in all schools of British Columbia Province in 2005 studied the science curriculum with the integration of indigenous knowledge. In science class, we make students relax in each culture, maintaining their prior experience and knowledge, understanding the concept of Aboriginal science and Western science to be successful in science learning without losing their cultural identity.Culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally-relevant approaches provide an effective service to the needs of Aboriginal students. In the teaching practice of cross-grade and interdisciplinary fields, graphic organizers, cooperative learning and other teaching strategies are liked by aboriginal students. These teaching strategies reflect their culture and world view, supporting for the cultural continuity of Aboriginal, encouraging Aboriginal students to become independent organizers of learning strategists so that they will greatly improve in terms of academic success. The Nunavut Sivuniksavut training program is cooperated and implemented between Nunavut and Ottawa college, applying culturally-relevant curriculum and using culturally relevant teaching for Inuit students to enable them to achieve remarkable success in post-secondary education and employment.Canadian Aboriginal unique educational philosophy and educational philosophy stem from the way of existence and development of the historical formation. Compared with its education concepts and the traditional European gene, they remain conflict and attention in the history and reality. Only Aboriginal community members take part in the Aboriginal education policy planning, and Aboriginal educators involve in curriculum development project management, Canadian Aboriginal education may advance as soon as possible.The Canadian Aboriginal people are struggling to change the aboriginal society and economy and enhance their educational levels and rebuilding their culture, passing down its own inherent cultural heritage and values, creating their own educational communities and continuing to develop in accordance with its own way of life. Through the power of education to the preservation and development of their culture and traditional knowledge, Aboriginal peoples still work with Canadian government, engaging in consultations struggling.
Keywords/Search Tags:Canada, Aboriginal education, culturally relevant pedagogy, science education curriculum, teaching strategies
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