Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, social support, dene culture, knowledge transfer, traditional knowledge, teachers, school improvement plan, skills training, educational evaluation, curriculum, school-career transition
| Principal Investigator: | Bright, Marilyn (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12897 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1997
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| Issued: | Feb 24, 1997 |
| Project Team: | self |
Objective(s): The study will be a qualitative study using a narrative inquiry approach to understand how Dene teacher graduates apply their pre-service teacher education learnings to the practical realities of classroom teaching. The study should contribute to the understanding of the experiences of C.T.E.P. graduates, point to directions for further research, aid in the further articulation of the meaning and purpose of education for Dene communities and help to identify the nature of the Dene teachers' needs for in-service support and professional development.
Project Description: The study will explore experiences beginning Dene teachers have in their transition from student to teacher. Study attempts to understand ways which beginning Dene teachers integrate their traditional cultural heritage into that of Canadian mainstream curriculum. How is the curriculum document, Dene Kede, implemented in their work. Study will seek to articulate their needs for in-service support and professional development as they themselves identify them. Study to be conducted in two Dogrib communities focusing on graduates of C.T.E.P. now teaching in their home communities. A collaborative approach involves extensive negotiations between participants in the study. Data collected with tape recordings of narrative type conversations with Dene teachers, elders, and other community members. Reflective journals, written or oral biographies and autobiographies, observations and field notes may be included in the data collection.
