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Hughes, Phillip, Ed.; Mulford, William, Ed. – 1978
The state of New South Wales (NSW) ceded the Canberra area to the Commonwealth in 1911 as the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but maintained responsibility for education in the region until 1974, when the territory became responsible for its own educational system. ACT's Independent Education Authority came into being in large part as the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Control, Community Role
Burkey, Stan – 1993
Aimed at development staff who work with the rural poor in developing nations, this book presents a coherent methodology for achieving development based on principles of conscientization, local control, cooperation, and self-reliance. Part I, Analysis (chapters 1-3), discusses theory. Chapter 1 reviews the most commonly held theories of poverty…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Control, Developing Nations
Vick-Westgate, Ann – 2002
This book documents the debate among the Inuit of Nunavik (northern Quebec) over the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of public schools in their 14 arctic communities. The book begins with a summary of the history of education in Nunavik, including traditional Inuit methods and purposes of education. The 14 communities comprise the Kativik…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Canada Natives, Community Control, Educational Assessment
Yukon Native Brotherhood, Whitehorse. – 1972
Since it was felt that the Canadian educational system was not serving the needs of Yukon Indian children, 14 items were forwarded by Resolution to the Brotherhood at the First Yukon Indian Conference held January 10-14, 1972. Nearly all the recommendations were dependent upon the provision of an education consultant who would act as a liaison…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Change Strategies
Hills, Gordon H. – 1997
This book draws on an extensive literature review and personal experience to examine cross-cultural issues in the development of libraries for Arctic indigenous communities. Although the book highlights circumstances in Alaska, its geographical scope is circumpolar, including Canada, Greenland, and the former Soviet Union and present-day Russian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Biculturalism
May, Stephen, Ed. – 1999
After a long history as a tool of forced assimilation of indigenous populations, education is now a key arena in which indigenous peoples can reclaim and revalue their languages and cultures and thereby improve the academic success of indigenous students. Community-based education offers a means by which indigenous peoples can regain a measure of…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
