ISBN
0030617758; 9780030617751
Statement of Responsibility
[by] Harry F. Wolcott.
Publication Information
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Physical Description
xii, 132 pages illustrations, map 23 cm
Notes
Series: Case studies in education and culture.
Contents
| Part One -- The Village and its children [Indians, Indian, Aboriginal or Native peoples & children, First Nations] -- 1. Features of everyday life : -- Dress and appearance, housing, families, subsistence activities and diet [food, nutrition], health and safety, home life, childrens activities -- 2. Annual Economic cycle : -- Clam digging, springtime activities, logging, villagers as loggers, fishing, villagers as fishermen, augmenting resources, government subsidy -- 3. Social Activities of the Villagers : -- Formal social gatherings, drinking, sports events, travel, religious activities, band activities, social control -- Part Two -- The Village School -- 4. The educational setting : -- Residential school at Alert Bay [schools] -- History of formal education at Blackfish Bay [British Columbia] -- Indian education within the agency -- The Blackfish Bay Indian Day School. 5. Parents and teachers -- The Educational achievement of village adults - Attitudes toward education -- What villagers expect of a teacher -- Communication between parents and the teacher -- The Behavior and perceptions of teachers -- 6. The Pupils and the Classroom -- Pupil attitudes toward school and teacher -- The classroom in motion -- Measures of classroom performance -- Village children as pupils : some case studies -- 7. In retrospect and prospect -- Functional assessment of educational needs -- Cultural values in the cross-cultural classroom. |
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