Theoretical perspectives on American Indian education : taking a new look at academic success and the achievement gap /
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| Author / Creator: | Huffman, Terry E., 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xvi, 262 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary Native American communities : stepping stones to the seventh generation Contemporary Native American communities. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8205018 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. American Indian Education Scholarship
- The Beginning of a Disciplinary Tradition
- Nature of Scholarly Theory
- Theory and Education Scholarship
- Emergence of American Indian Education Theory
- Themes in American Indian Education Theoretical Perspectives
- About the Theoretical Perspectives
- The Enduring Concern: Educational Success
- Suggested Reading
- 2. Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- Overview of Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- Intellectual History of Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- The Premise of Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- Cultural Discontinuity Theoretical Assumptions on American Indian Education
- Implications of Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- Criticisms of Cultural Discontinuity Theory
- Discussion on the Reading
- Suggested Reading
- Reading 1. Teachers' Cultural Knowledge and Understanding of American Indian Students and Their Families
- 3. Structural Inequality Theory
- Overview of Structural Inequality Theory
- Intellectual History of Structural Inequality Theory
- The Premise of Structural Inequality Theory
- Structural Inequality Theoretical Assumptions on American Indian Education
- Implications of Structural Inequality Theory
- Criticisms of Structural Inequality Theory
- Discussion on the Reading
- Suggested Reading
- Reading 2. Constructing Failure and Maintaining Cultural Identity: Navajo and Ute School Leavers
- 4. Interactionalist Theory
- Overview of Interactionalist Theory
- Intellectual History of Interactionalist Theory
- The Premise of Interactionalist Theory
- Interactionalist Theoretical Assumptions on American Indian Education
- Implications of Interactionalist Theory
- Criticisms of Interactionalist Theory
- Discussion on the Reading
- Suggested Reading
- Reading 3. Ethnicity and the Concept of Social Integration in Tinto's Model of Institutional Departure
- 5. Transculturation Theory
- Overview of Transculturation Theory
- Intellectual History of Transculturation Theory
- The Premise of Transculturation Theory
- Transculturation Theoretical Assumptions on American Indian Education
- Implications of Transculturation Theory
- Criticisms of Transculturation Theory
- Discussion on the Reading
- Suggested Reading
- Reading 4. Transculturation Theory as an Explanation for College Persistence among Culturally Traditional American Indian Students
- 6. Continuing the Tradition
- New Directions/Old Issues in American Indian Education
- Indigenous-Generated Perspectives
- Decolonization Theories and Methods
- Family Education Model
- Medicine Wheel Culturally Intrinsic Research Paradigm Model
- The Need for Theory in American Indian Education
- Suggested Reading
- References
- Index
- About the Author
