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Alshoraty, Yazid Isa – International Education Studies, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the reasons for students' violence at Jordanian Universities from the viewpoint of the Hashemite University students. The sample consisted of 521 male and female students, chosen randomly. To collect data, the researcher designed a three-domain questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Violence, Questionnaires
Espel, Emma – West Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2015
This document provides abstracts from a sample of studies that examine risk and/or protective factors or suicide prevention programs for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. Prior to the individual literature summaries, the document includes a section called "From the Literature: Overview of Risk and Protective Factors." The exhibits in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Alaska Natives, Adolescents, Suicide
US Census Bureau, 2013
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as "National…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Cultural Background, Cultural Awareness
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Geraghty Ward, Emily M.; Semken, Steven; Libarkin, Julie C. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
We present a mixed-methods approach to community-based assessment design that engages tribal college and university faculty, students, and science educators, as well as experts in cultural knowledge from the Blackfeet and Diné (Navajo) nations. Information from cultural experts, gathered through a combination of sequential surveys and focus group…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Earth Science, Tribally Controlled Education, American Indian Students
Bogan, Margaret B. – Online Submission, 2011
This paper is in part, a reflective analysis of 15 years living with the state-recognized Florida Creek Indians of the Central Florida Muskogee Creek Tribe and the Pasco Band of Creek Indians, formally of Lacoochee, FL and currently in Brooksville, FL, respectively. It addresses the power structures within tribal organizations. Selected Creek…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, American Indian Education, Acculturation, Ecology
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Harper, Faith G. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
Statistics show that two thirds of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIs/ANs) live outside of tribal areas, and 50% of those individuals who seek counseling services will not use tribal resources. There is a strong likelihood that counselors will have the opportunity to provide services to AI/AN clients. The review of the academic literature…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Counseling Services, American Indians, Alaska Natives
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Kamal, S. M. Mostafa – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2012
This study examines sexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge among minority ethnic male youth of Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey was conducted through a self-administered questionnaire on 800 young males aged 15-24 years in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region in 2009. Of the respondents, almost one-third were sexually active and of them…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Warner, Linda Sue; Grint, Keith – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
The presumption of American's noble savage provides the foundation for the creation of one of the world's most recognizable stereotypes--the American Indian. The stereotype, lodged in the minds of most Americans as the Plains Indian warrior, contributed to decades of misunderstanding about leadership in traditional American Indian societies and…
Descriptors: Governance, Leadership Styles, Leadership, Tribes
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Richards, Jennifer; Mousseau, Alicia – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2012
Background: Sacred Beginnings is a community-based participatory research project that examines the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate preconception health educational intervention developed by tribal community members and elders. The primary goal is to increase knowledge of preconception health and its benefits among adolescent females and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Participatory Research, Intervention, Health Education
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Karim, Sameena – Journal of Research in International Education, 2012
This critical literature review argues that, in a world of increasing global interconnectedness, balancing the two diametrically opposite forces of globalism and tribalism is of critical importance. The article begins with a brief description of the world of the 21st century and goes on to discuss the terms "globalism" and "tribalism" within this…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Global Approach, Literature Reviews, Tribes
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Chowdhury, Madhurima; Banerjee, Atrayee – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2013
Education seeks to unfold the latent qualities of a person, thereby giving full development to the individual. As such, it has been described as the act or art of developing, or creating, cultivating the various physical intellectual, aesthetic and moral faculties of the individual. Scheduled Tribe has a history of social and economic deprivation,…
Descriptors: Tribes, Civil Rights, Individual Development, Disadvantaged Environment
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Gross, Lawrence W. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
In 2005 the author published an article discussing the teaching method teachers used for an introduction to American Indian studies course at Iowa State University. In his previous piece, the author did not delineate the elements that go into an American Indian pedagogy. In this article, the author discusses some elements of American Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, American Indian Education, Teaching Methods
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Al-Asfour, Ahmed – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2012
Many tribal colleges are already offering distance learning. With increased Internet use, it's likely that even more will offer online courses to their tribal members in order to reach a larger student pool. Online education can reach students who care for their immediate and extended families and who have to work. It is also appealing to students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Internet
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Baloy, Natalie J. K. – American Indian Quarterly, 2011
This article explores possibilities for extending aboriginal language education opportunities into the urban domain based on qualitative research in Vancouver, British Columbia. The author argues that aboriginal language revitalization efforts have a place in the city, as demonstrated by emerging language ideologies of urban aboriginal people…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Maintenance, Qualitative Research, Canada Natives
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Meadows, William C. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
Interest in North American Indian code talkers continues to increase. In addition to numerous works about the Navajo code talkers, several publications on other groups of Native American code talkers--including the Choctaw, Comanche, Hopi, Meskwaki, Canadian Cree--and about code talkers in general have appeared. This article chronicles recent…
Descriptors: Navajo, Federal Legislation, American Indians, War
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