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Zusatztext "Many educational traditions and practices have been lost or only remain in the memories of survivors of the indigenous peoples' holocaust while other educational traditions have remained active. Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice provides educational models that affirm the vitality of these traditions and their adaptability to contemporary times?. It is my hope and belief that the educational models described in this book will help put students! teachers! and the world on the path to harmony and hope."--Joel Spring! Queens College! City University of New York! USA! from the Series Editor Foreword "As I began to read! I started to feel excited by the idea of teaching this book! of using it in my work to prepare educators for urban and rural classrooms. It is a superlative example of what I am trying to convey to future teachers about epistemological diversity! and the need to recognize the rich! often untranslatable! sometimes dissonant ways of knowing and beliefs about knowing that students bring to classrooms. Further! the volume serves as a radiant counterpoint to neoliberal logic-a logic so naturalized in the West that it stands in for reason! while circumventing alternative worldviews?.the book is dynamic! poetic! precise! recursive."-wicazo sa! a Journal of Native American Studies Informationen zum Autor About the Editor: Maenette Benham, Kanaka Maoli, is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. As a scholar, mentor, and teacher, her inquiry centers on engaged leadership; the wisdom of knowing and praxis of social justice; and the effects of educational policy on indigenous people. She is the author of numerous articles and books on these topics. Klappentext The book challenges teachers, researchers, educational leaders, and community stakeholders to build dynamic learning environments through which indigenous learners can be "Boldly Indigenous in a Global World!" It honors the wisdom of ancestors, highlights the diversity of indigenous stories, and illuminates the passion of forward-looking scholars. Zusammenfassung The book challenges teachers, researchers, educational leaders, and community stakeholders to build dynamic learning environments through which indigenous learners can be "Boldly Indigenous in a Global World!" It honors the wisdom of ancestors, highlights the diversity of indigenous stories, and illuminates the passion of forward-looking scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis @contents: Selected Contents Table of Contents Foreword Valorie Johnson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Series Editor Foreword Joel Spring, Series Editor Preface Maenette K.P, Ah Nee-Benham Section I: New Horizons for Language and Culture Basket as Metaphor: The Base of the Basket, Samuel Suina Opening Recitation: Ganönyö:k, Seneca Thanksgiving Speech, Larry E. Wheeler 1: Introduction: Go to the Source: The Contemporary is Native 2: Creating Culture in the Here and Now: Regenerating Rituals in Purposeful Epistemologies, Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz 3: Transforming the Self: Living-into “Contemporary is Native” Becoming and Being, Teresa Magnuson Honoring Our Role as Fathers, Jeremy Garcia 4: Generating a Sustainable Legacy: Teaching Founded Upon the Kumu Honua Mauli Ola, Kalena Silva, Makalapua Alencastre, Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a, and Alohalani Housman 5: “Ho?i hou i ke kumu!” Teachers as Nation Builders, Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a Section II: Leadership is Living Indigenous in a New Way Basket as Metaphor: The Shaping of the Basket, Samuel Suina 1: Living Leadership, Maenette K.P. Ah Nee-Benham 2: The Stories Inside, Edyael Casaperalta 3: What Does It Mean to Lead and Advocate for Our A’ani Language? Lynette Stein-Chandler 4: Life Lessons From the Land: Loko Kuapa as Leadership Model, Noelani Lee 5:...
