Native Cultural Competency in Mainstream Schooling: Outsider Teachers with Insider Knowledge

By Joni M. Cole and Sharon Vegh Williams

Studies the collaborative efforts of Native and non-Native educators and demonstrates how the discordant relationship between the Native and non-Native communities negatively impact students, teachers, and the school district as a whole
Leverages cross-cultural collaboration in the service of broad-based, district-wide systemic change for heterogeneous, reservation border town communities
Analysis of the results of the study culminates in a practical, research-based model for teacher training in Native cultural competency applicable to a variety of regional and national school settings

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319677942
• ISBN13: 9783319677941
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"