"There Is No Way To Prepare for This:" Teaching in First Nations Schools in Northern Ontario--Issues and Concerns

A qualitative study examined the experiences of 10 mostly inexperienced, female teachers working in two isolated Native communities in northern Ontario. Findings focus on teachers' uncertainties about appropriate pedagogical goals, the relationship of teachers to First Nations communities, livi...

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Published in:Canadian journal of native education 2000-07, Vol.24 (2), p.144
Main Author: Harper, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indian Education
Beginning Teachers
Canada Natives
Cultural Awareness
Cultural Differences
Educational Needs
Elementary Secondary Education
Females
Foreign Countries
Geographic Isolation
Multicultural Education
Native schools
Northern communities
Ontario (North)
Polls & surveys
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers
Rural Education
Sex Bias
Teacher Alienation
Teacher Community Relationship
Teacher Education
Teacher Educators
Teachers
Teaching Conditions
Teaching Experience
Working conditions
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Summary:A qualitative study examined the experiences of 10 mostly inexperienced, female teachers working in two isolated Native communities in northern Ontario. Findings focus on teachers' uncertainties about appropriate pedagogical goals, the relationship of teachers to First Nations communities, living in the North, cross-cultural and multicultural teaching, and teaching English as a second language. (Contains 19 references.) (TD)
ISSN:0710-1481