Widening the Circle

Klug, Beverly J.; Whitfield, Patricia T.

• Preface 1. Reaching All of Our Children 2. A Brief History of Indian Education 3. Legacies of Colonization 4. Language and Cultural Values: Defining Who We Are 5. American Indians and Their Cultures: Strong Educators Construct School Success for Children 6. Refusing to Believe in the Doctrine of Failure: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for American Indian Children 7. School Organization, Parent, and Community Involvement 8. Case Studies: The Meeting of Two Cultures 9. Ongoing Concerns in American Indian Education 10. Conclusions and Recommendations: Effective Schools for American Indian Children

"Reconizing the need for pedagogy tht better serves American Indian students, Klug and Whitfield construct a model that blends Native and non-Native worldviews and methodologies. Among the building blocks of this new, culturally relevant education are language-based approaches to literacy development, the use of oral histories to supplement tarditional texts, and a re-evaluation of the knowledge base Indian Students need for succcess." -- Winds of Change"The text shines while addressing the concept of culturally relevant pedagogy, presenting useful, complex, and well-conceived ideas." -- Anthropology & Education Quarterly