Book shares native student insights

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Vancouver Sun



Book shares native student insights



First nations children don't like to show off by answering their
teacher's questions, research shows



First nations students are dramatically different learners than their
non-native peers, and that difference is apparent from as young as
six, a researcher from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania has
found.



Frederick White recently published his book, Ancestral Language
Acquisition Among Native Americans: A Study of a Haida Language Class,
after spending time researching a Grade 1 Skidegate elementary class.



During his time on the Queen Charlotte Islands, White observed 16
distinctive elements of first nations learning styles.



Full story:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=56f98c53-1471-4173-8088-8d9ac34f0fb6





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