Awash in Wisdom

Autor/in	Pember, Mary Annette
Titel	Awash in Wisdom
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 26 (2009) 21, S.10-11 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; American Indian Education; Tribally Controlled Education; Cultural Differences; American Indians; Position Papers; Older Adults; Cognitive Processes; Emotional Intelligence; Self Motivation; Social Cognition; Heuristics; Metacognition; Lifelong Learning; Role; Community Resources; Curriculum Development; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kultureller Unterschied; American Indian; Indianer; Positionspapier; Älterer Erwachsener; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Emotionale Intelligenz; Soziale Kognition; Heuristik; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Rollen; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Sustaining and strengthening tribal cultures, languages and traditions is at the core of every tribal college's mission statement. To help attain these goals, many colleges use one of Indian Country's greatest assets--its elders. Traditionally, elders hold a place of honor in American Indian society. Without cultural input from elders, particularly with spoken languages, tribal colleges would just be another option in the list of academic choices for American Indians, says Carrie Billy, executive director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and a member of the Navajo tribe. Tribal colleges make use of elders in varied ways. Some colleges employ a structured approach with elders in residence programs or use them as resources for curriculum development or as board members. Other colleges have more casual approaches, inviting elders into classrooms and inclusion in activities on a case-by-case basis. In summing up why elders play an integral role in education at tribal colleges, Dr. Diana Morris, dean of instruction at the College of the Menominee Nation, says Indian people have never lost the crucial understanding that making it through life requires wisdom. Wisdom is only achieved through time and experience and the contemplation of that experience. She says that is the core cultural difference between tribal and mainstream colleges. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10