Part I. Reflective Experience I did not expect to leave Gonzaga University with a major from the College of Arts and Sciences, let alone in Public Relations. Prior to my enrollment, a traditional professional study with clear objectives and a narrow career path appeared to be a logical choice. As a young person my understanding and view of the world and its current economic situation […]

21   CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK   School of Education   Bethel University   MCKENZIE, TENNESSEE   Our Vision   Guided by the values of the Christian tradition, the education faculty encourages students to seek fulfillment in their personal, social, and religious lives. We provide the tools for developing integrity, leadership skills, and the desire to search for truth and knowledge throughout life. We promote critical thinking, […]

The main aim of all the was somehow same as to spread their tradition. The missionary aim of the Christian tradition was to circulate their tradition all over the world. They took many steps to spread their tradition. Residential schools is one of the main example of their mission. Aboriginal people always tried to educate their children about their tradition and culture. They used to […]

Teaching residential school in a public-school system is a challenging topic. For the most part, non-indigenous people are not aware of the magnitude of the impacts of this legacy on Canadian society. Understand the importance of teaching Residential school in the public systems is a way to bridge our relationships and move towards reconciliation. For this to succeed, non-indigenous teachers, administrators need to educator themselves […]

Context and importance of the problem The Aboriginal people of Canada are suffering due to poverty and the lack of education is one of the major reasons for that. The Aboriginal Educational Society of Canada believes that the Canadian government needs to increase the funding for Aboriginals in secondary and post secondary because many do not get the opportunity to pursue an education due to […]

Education plays an important role in one’s life. From a young age, one enters the education system and spends many years in it. Education shapes who one is. It teaches them about the world around them and society as a whole. Education is meant to be a positive experience, where one is opened to many new experiences. Furthermore, education prepares one to be successful in […]

Throughout the last fifty years two diametrically opposed views have played out. H.C. Coombs argued that the priority was to use the curriculum and teaching methods to rebuild and sustain traditional Aboriginal culture destroyed by colonisation, racism and oppression. He supported Moira Kingston’s view that all Aborigines had a “world view derived from the Dreaming and irreconcilable with the demands of a modern industrialised market […]

Each day my Mom and I spend almost one hour talking to each other on the phone. During our conversations, we cover many topics. During one of our more profound discussions, she told me about close family member, whom she lived with, that suffered from alcoholism. In that discussion, she began talking about cycles explaining that she sees alcoholism as a cycle, like many other […]

During the 19th century the Canadian government established residential schools under the claim that Aboriginal culture is hindering them from becoming functional members of society. It was stated that the children will have a better chance of success once they have been Christianised and assimilated into the mainstream Canadian culture. (CBC, 2014) In the film Education as We See It, some Aboriginals were interviewed about […]

In these residential schools many students were abused, tortured, raped, starved this is just a glimpse into the inhumane treatment children faced. Native language was forbidden in the residential schools. The state forced students to speak English at the residential schools and if they did not they were reinforced with harsh punishments. Since aboriginals were seen as ‘savages’ it was important to the state and […]