Jerry Paquette, Gérald Fallon

First Nations Education Policy in Canada

Progress or Gridlock?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering a sorely needed fresh perspective on an issue vital to the community, First Nations Education Policy in Canada is grounds for critical reflection not only on education but on the future of Aboriginal self-determination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9781442641532
• ISBN-10: 1442641533
• Artikelnr.: 28889615

Autorenporträt

Jerry Paquette is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Prologue: Historical Context
2. Framing First Nations Education within Self-Government and
Self-Determination
3. Policy Context: Competing Discourses and Evolution of the Policy
Context of First Nations Education
4. Post-Secondary Education
5. Up the Down Staircase in Two Dimensions: Local, Regional, National
Control and Jurisdiction
6. Breaking the Gridlock: Challenges and Options
7. Values, Principles, and Ethics, as sine qua non
8. Vision and Purpose: A Second sine qua non
Notes
References
Index