8 A Major Challenge for the Education System: Aboriginal Retention and Dropout

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Eastern Door: Reconceptualizing First Nations Education
5. Towards a Redefinition of Indian Education 5
6. Peacekeeping Actions at Home: A Medicine Wheel Model for a Peacekeeping Pedagogy 47
7. Redefining Science Education for Aboriginal Students 73
8. Southern Door: Connecting with and Maintaining Our Relations
9. Aboriginal Epistemology 101
10. Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy 113
11. Language and Cultural Content in Native Education 124
12. Learning Processes and Teaching Roles in Native Education: Cultural Base and Cultural Brokerage 139
13. Western Door: Meeting the Challenge of Incoherence
14. A Major Challenge for the Education System: Aboriginal Retention and Dropout 157
15. Teacher Education and Aboriginal Opposition 179
16. The Challenge for Universities 208
17. Non-Native Teachers Teaching in Native Communities 224
18. Northern Door: Transforming First Nations Education
19. Treaties and Indian Education 245
20. Taking Control: Contradiction and First Nations Adult Education 262
21. Locally Developed Native Studies Curriculum: An Historical and Philosophical Rationale 288
22. The Sacred Circle: An Aboriginal Approach to Healing Education at an Urban High School 313
23. Bibliography of First Nations Pedagogy 330
24. Contributors 341
25. Index 345