The Role of Aboriginal Parents in Public Education: Barriers to Change in an Urban Setting

A qualitative study examined the role of Aboriginal parents in a Canadian urban public elementary school with high Native enrollment. Despite the existence of an alternative K-6 Native program and a parent advisory committee, Aboriginal parents felt they had little impact on school decision making....

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Published in:Canadian journal of native education 1999-07, Vol.23 (2), p.139
Main Author: Friedel, Tracy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
American Indian Education
Canada
Canada Natives
Cognitive Development
Cultural Hegemony
Culturally Relevant Education
Educational Needs
Educational Researchers
Elementary Education
Foreign Countries
Grade 6
Native education
Parent Participation
Parent Role
Parent School Relationship
Participative Decision Making
Resistance (Psychology)
School Councils
Urban American Indians
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Summary:A qualitative study examined the role of Aboriginal parents in a Canadian urban public elementary school with high Native enrollment. Despite the existence of an alternative K-6 Native program and a parent advisory committee, Aboriginal parents felt they had little impact on school decision making. Parent-school struggles over culture-based curriculum are described. (Contains 41 references.) (SV)
ISSN:0710-1481