We have been working with Michigan's American Indian tribal Head Start programs 3-4-5 year olds for the past 7 years using a community based participatory research approach that included a cultural competence component. Check ResearchGate for Hope Gerde, senior author of the 2012 paper that came from this project. An in -press chapter is available on request that covers MUCH of our work partnership. If you are interested let me know. I cannot post it in ResearchGate until it is published, but I can send you a "final Draft".

That would be very much appreciated.....I am interested in the indigenous framing of t he headstart materials...so I am interested in how this has gone down in the community and then can talk to you about it....cheers, marlene

Yes Prof. Ishumi , University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The work was done in Kagera region.

Edmund...what kind of work would that be you are familiar with..

Two works.

1. Education and development: Theory and practice 1978, Kagera, Tanzania;

2. Kiziba, Kagera, The heritage of an old African Kingdom 1980, Tanzania

How is the heritage of the old Kingdom translated into curriculum for teaching and learning in the education system??? and esp. early childhood education??

This adaptive attitude/perspective is embedded in culturally responsive and relevant pedagogy, and is advocated within equity and inclusive teaching practises at all levels, including early childhood education. In May of last year, I presented research on meeting the needs of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners through this lens, if either the ppt. or those sources would be helpful to you ?

responsibe and relevant pedagogy rolls off the tongue...how is this being shaped in early childhood programming? I would like to see the paper that was developed from the ppt and the research about how its happening ...

This presentation was for educators and those within the education community for use on a practical level, more than providing theoretical research. This is an abstract from the presentation (from the Future's Conference on Equity and Inclusive Education):

Ontario's FNMI Policy Framework/Teacher's Toolkit - Promoting Culturally Responsive and Relevant Teaching through Collaborative Projects Embedding Histories and Heritage, and Addressing Issues of Identity and Achievement

This multi-perspective presentation provides participants with Ministry, Board and School initiatives which focus on developing culturally responsive and relevant teaching practices to create an environment which engages both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners. Practical application of pedagogy is demonstrated through resources outlined in the Teacher's Toolkit, initiatives in conjunction with the TDSB Aboriginal Education Centre, and the sharing of collaborative classroom projects between teachers in Ontario which address issues inherent in inclusive education, including access, achievement, identity and power.

I wish a paper came out of it ! I would be interested in collaborating and continuing research in this area, if you could act as an advisor, as I am also teaching in early childhood education this year. Happy to provide you with the ppt. [email protected].

Thanks! let me have a look at the ppt if you will. I teach the integration of Aboriginal perspectives to teachers but it has been a 50year long process for me so I am interested in all aspects of this. My interest is in the reclaimation of indigenous ways and means of childrearing as adapted and then how it gets translated into the school system...usually through pathological lenses....as eg. special education or euphemistically "inclusive /special education"....and am especially concerned with the discontinuities between the practice and the theoretical and epistemic cultural groundedness....so lets continue this conversation....

Tried to send the ppt. No luck. Perhaps too big ? I sent it to your email at UManitoba. Let me know if I need to send it to another address. My email is in my last post.

I've got loads of other resources/suggested resources/bookmarks that I think would be really useful to teachers/teacher candidates in this area if you want those too. Cheers.

HI Marlene,

You migth wish to take a quick look at Philpott and Nesbit's article:

"Approaching Educational Empowerment: Guidelines from a Collaborative Study with the Innu of Labrador" on the Inernational Indigenous Policy Journal, 1(1) at www.iipj.org. This piece outlines the development of and some follow up to an educational approach with the Innu of Labrador that both integrates Innu culture in the cirriculum and ensures that graduating students meet provincal standards. Afterwards, it may be to your advantage to contact the authors. Note also there are other articles on Indigenous education in the IIPJ.

Cheers.

http://www.unicef.org/venezuela/spanish/Pautas_de_crianza.pdf