The common curriculum framework for aboriginal language and culture programs : kindergarten to grade 12
2000
Book
"Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education is intended to be a support document for schools or regions within the Western provinces and the territories wishing to develop curricula, learning resources or strategies dealing with Aboriginal languages. It is a framework that reflects the universal values and beliefs inherent in Aboriginal cultures. The outcomes provided are to be interpreted and specified by local developers based on the strength of their language, the availability of cultural resources and the expressed language goals of their community."--Publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781894116824
- 1894116828
Description: xii, 138 pages ; 28 cm
Other Title: Western Canadian protocol framework for Aboriginal language and culture programs
Notes:
- "June 2000."
- Developed through the cooperative efforts of: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138).
- Published in English only.
Contents:
- PREFACE
- Aboriginal Education in Western and Northern Canada:
- A Historical Context
- Development of the Framework
- Use and Respect for Cultural Knowledge
- VOICES OF THE ELDERS
- Laws of Relationships
- Our Relationship with the Natural World
- Our Relationship with One Another
- Our Relationship with Ourselves
- Colonization and Reconstruction
- Aboriginal Education
- Perspectives-based Culture and Language Education
- Aboriginal Rights
- Local Control
- INTRODUCTION
- Purpose of the Framework
- Aim and Goals of Language and Culture Programs
- Philosophy
- Rationale
- The Importance of Community Support
- FRAMEWORK ORGANIZATION
- Aboriginal Perspective
- Cultural and Language Outcomes
- Developmental Levels
- CULTURAL OUTCOMES
- Cultural Program Goals
- Scope of Cultural Outcomes
- Cultural Understandings
- Cultural Skills
- Personal Development.
- Sequence of Cultural Outcomes
- Organization of Cultural Outcomes
- Laws of Sacred Life
- Laws of Nature
- Laws of Mutual Support
- FIRST LANGUAGE OUTCOMES
- Importance of First Language Programs
- First Language Program Goals
- Respectful Relationships
- Learn from the Words of the People
- Research and Record Cultural Knowledge
- Create and Express Effective Text
- Learn About Language as Living and Changing
- SECOND LANGUAGE OUTCOMES
- Second Language Program Goals
- Proficiency-based Outcomes
- Areas of Language Outcomes
- Instructional Focus
- Language Use Contexts
- Strategies for Language Learning
- Language Quality
- Language Functions
- LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
- Committing to Community Support
- Identifying the Cultural Authority
- Identifying the Current Situation
- Levels of Language Loss and Appropriate Strategies
- Choosing the Appropriate Program
- First Language Programs
- Second Language Programs
- Bilingual Programs
- Acquiring Resources
- Integrating Subject Area Content into Language and Culture Programs
- Assessing Student Progress
- Identifying Content
- APPENDIX: INCORPORATING SPECIFIC CULTURAL CONTENT.
Control Number: 2217697
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education, [2000]Subjects:
- Curriculum planning -- Canada, Western.
- Indigenous peoples -- Canada, Western -- Social life and customs.
- Indigenous peoples -- Languages -- Study and teaching -- Canada, Western.
- Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada, Western -- Languages -- Study and teaching.
- Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada, Western -- Social life and customs.
- Language and languages -- Curricula -- Canada, Western.
Other Authors: Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education.