Approaches to Aboriginal Education in Canada: Searching for Solutions

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Frances Widdowson, Albert Howard
Brush Education, Nov 12, 2013 - Social Science - 456 pages
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In the crucial discussion of Aboriginal education in Canada, there are two distinct schools of thought: parallelism and integrationism. For the first time in one volume, leading thinkers on both sides share their perspectives, allowing readers to examine this complex and emotionally charged issue from all angles.

Parallelism argues for Aboriginal self-determination and independent schools with Aboriginal values at their core, while integrationism advocates improving Aboriginal educational achievement within the conventional system. Both sides share the same goal, however: supporting and helping to realize the vast store of untapped potential in Aboriginal communities.

Everyone agrees that Aboriginal education in Canada urgently needs improvement. A vigorous and informed debate can only speed the search for solutions.
 

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This is an excellent overview of the debates about Aboriginal education. There are many books on Aboriginal education, but none that have opposing perspectives. Those articulating the parallelist side rarely engage in dialogue with their opponents. They just call them colonialists. It is refreshing to see the parallelist and integrationist positions side by side. Perhaps this will lead to more dialogue. The parallelist articles were somewhat repetitive. Could not a little more variety have been displayed, or is this the state of the literature? It also is disturbing that some authors had their articles removed from the volume. This reflects the "political correctness" of this policy field.  

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"As I said, I have not read Dr. Widdowson’s book and know little of her work. But it does not give me confidence that she is apparently willing to publish assertions that a simple Google search would have disproven."
http://www.mediaindigena.com/guest/issues-and-politics/rebutting-the-rebuttal-disrobing-the-aboriginal-industry-digs-up-debate
Charles C Mann, author of 1491: New revelations of the Americas before Columbus 

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Contents

Parallelist Approaches
1
Integrationist Approaches
115
Exchanges
357
Contributors
423
Copyright

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About the author (2013)

Frances Widdowson, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. She received a PhD in political science from York University and has taught at a number of universities in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. She and Albert Howard were shortlisted for the 2008 Donner Prize for excellence in Canadian public policy writing.

Albert Howard is an independent researcher and writer who has worked as a consultant for government and Aboriginal groups.

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TitleApproaches to Aboriginal Education in Canada: Searching for Solutions
EditorsFrances Widdowson, Albert Howard
PublisherBrush Education, 2013
ISBN1550594567, 9781550594560
Length456 pages
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Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Education / Essays
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
  
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