Supporting Indigenous Children's Development - Community-University Partnerships (Hardcover)

This book tells the story of an unexpected partnership initiated by an Aboriginal tribal council with the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care. The partnership produced a new approach to professional education in which community leaders are co-constructors of the curriculum, and which is implemented only if both parties are present and engaged. Word of this generative curriculum spread to numerous Aboriginal communities and now over 60 communities have participated in the First Nations Partnership Program. Completion rates and community development indicators demonstrate the remarkable capacity built across diverse indigenous communities through the program. The program honours the knowledges residing within communities, and works with and upon diversity. It also engages communities in dialogue about research-based theories and models of early childhood from Euro-Western traditions. Evaluation research has shown how the program supports each community's unique characteristics while promoting their shared vision of promoting healthy children and healthy social structures. alternative to promoting best practices devised and imposed on communities by outside specialists. The book will interest human service workers, professional educators, and community developers who know that communities' own concepts, capacities, and goals for children and families need to be the driving forces in professional education that respects and protects cultural diversity.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Alan R. Pence • Jessica Ball
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Sewn
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-1230-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare
LSN:	0-7748-1230-3
Barcode:	9780774812306

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