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Item Details
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SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS |
| By: |
Jessica Ball, Alan R. Pence |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774812311 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774812313 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2007 |
| Pages: |
152 |
| Description: |
The authors show how an innovative program - an unexpected partnership between an Aboriginal tribal council and the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care - has strengthened community capacity to design and deliver culturally appropriate programs to support young children's development. |
| Synopsis: |
Supporting Indigenous Children's Development challengesand offers an alternative to the imposition of best practices oncommunities by outside specialists. It tells the story of an unexpectedpartnership initiated by an Aboriginal tribal council with theUniversity of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care. Thepartnership has produced a new approach to professional education, inwhich community leaders are co-constructors of the curriculum andimplementation proceeded only if both parties are present and engaged.Word of this "generative curriculum" has spread to numerousAboriginal communities and now over sixty communities have participatedin the First Nations Partnerships Program. Jessica Ball and Alan Penceshow how this innovative program has strengthened community capacity todesign, deliver, and evaluate culturally appropriate programs tosupport young children's development. |
| Illustrations: |
4 b&w illustrations, 9 tables, 1 map |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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