Awakening vision: examining the reconceptualization of Aboriginal education in Canada via Kaupapa Māori praxis

Kaupapa Māori theory was conceptualized in the 1980s in New Zealand as a framework for revolutionizing Indigenous education. Its success marks it as a transformational praxis beneficial to educators beyond the shores of Aotearoa. This theory propounds a practical, proactive stance that enables a shift in thinking away from the psychology of de-colonization towards a “conscientization” or consciousness raising which Friere says can occur when a people take action against the oppressive elements in their lives. In this paper I provide an overview of the current state of Aboriginal education in Canada, citing examples of Canadian instructors who envisage similar self-empowering pedagogy. In addition, I highlight a Canadian case study to demonstrate the process of critical consciousness underway at a First Nations school in Aklavik, NWT, where teachers are employing Kaupapa Māori theory and culture-based curriculum for positive outcomes. This focus serves as a critical lens to educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders who might want to draw more from the transformative power of the Māori framework as counter strategy to Eurocentric curricula and colonial paradigms.     

Bildung,Subjectivity and New Information Technologies

The author suggests that educational philosophy should benefit from addressing questions traditionally asked within discourse in the philosophy of mind, namely: the relation between the mind and world and the problems of intentionality (or aboutness), meaning, and representation. Peirce's semiotics and his category of creative abduction provide a novel conceptual framework for exploring these questions. A model of reasoning and learning, based on Peirce's triadic logic of relations, is analysed. This model, it is argued, is fruitful for overcoming the paradox of new knowledge that was first debated by Socrates in his dialogue with Meno.     

Different pathways towards dropout: the role of engagement in early school leaving

In this study, we examine the development of student engagement in relation to dropout. We focus on different growth trajectories of engagement between groups of students and on whether these trajectories lead to differences in the survival of the student. The development of behavioural and emotional engagement of 4063 graduates and 541 (11.7%) dropouts is examined from Year 7 to Year 12 and this development is linked to the probability of dropping out in each grade by means of a discrete-time survival mixture model. For emotional engagement, results point to a model with two different subgroups: one group starting at a high level of engagement and following a (relatively) stable pattern and the other group starting at a lower level of engagement and following a decreasing trend. For behavioural engagement, the results indicate that a three-class model showed the best fit: a high and (relatively) stable group, a high and decreasing group and a low and stable group. In terms of dropout, the unstable and low groups demonstrate a significantly higher probability of dropping out, as evidenced in the steep, declining survival curves. Different background variables are included to gain more insight into engagement and dropout, and to predict membership in the low and decreasing class.     

Clinical Practice and the Decline of Community

Abstract

Many social workers consider praxis central to their practice. The concept, developed by Paulo Freire to capture the interaction between action and reflection, can be challenging to apply. PRACSIS is a framework represented in grid form that can help social work students understand and use the concept of praxis in a thoughtful and explicit way. This paper describes the rationale for and application of PRACSIS: Practitioner Reflection on Actions, Characteristics and Situation, by Impact and Strategies. Results indicate that use of PRACSIS can help develop critical consciousness, including implications for practice, and can thus benefit social work educators, students, practitioners, and-ultimately-consumers.     

跳远运动员空间感知觉能力对踏板准确性影响的实验研究

为了探讨跳远运动员空间感知觉能力对踏板准确性的影响程度,采用文献资料法、专家问卷调查法、实验法和数理统计法对跳远运动员空间感知觉能力进行训练,以提高运动员的踏板准确性。结果表明,经过对实验对象进行为期3个月的训练,实验组的运动员比对照组的运动员在空间感知能力方面提高幅度较大,同时两组在踏板准确性方面也表现出明显的差异性,即实验组较对照组踏板误差值小。     

对大学生篮球运动中战术意识表现特点的探讨

随着大学生篮球运动的普及与发展,篮球意识越来越引起学生和教练员的关注,而篮球战术意识尤为重要。那么在大学生篮球运动中篮球战术意识有哪些表现？其表现具有什么样的特征？以大学生篮球运动员为研究对象,通过观察、问卷调查、访问、比较与分析,探讨了大学生篮球运动员在篮球运动中战术意识的表现特点。     

学校体育改革思路的系统化探讨

运用文献资料法、专家访谈法,对二十世纪初我国学校体育工作的不足与目前学校体育工作的弊端进行对比分析,寻找共性与趋势。指出学校体育改革应是各因素互动的,不仅是在体育教学方面,还需要在管理和评价等方面进行系统的规划。为此文章对学校体育改革进行了系统化的探讨。     

大学生海岛野外生存意识与能力现状的调查分析

采用问卷调查等研究方法,对大学生海岛野外生存意识与能力现状进行了调查分析。调查结果反映了大学生对海岛野外生存的了解程度、目的取向、自我满意度以及影响大学生参加海岛野外生存的主要因素。据此提出相应的建议,为海岛野外生存生活训练课程的开设与改革提供理论与实践依据。