Expanding the circle Collaborative research to create culturally responsive family literacy programming /
Gear, Alison.
Expanding the circle Collaborative research to create culturally responsive family literacy programming / [electronic resource] : by Lesley Alison Gear. - Vancouver, B.C. : University of British Columbia, 2014. - 1 online resource (viii, 92 p.) : digital, PDF file
Thesis (MA)--University of British Columbia, 2014.
This thesis documents the creation of a family literacy program developed with, and for, a Haida community on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. The field of family literacy is juxtaposed with the historical and contemporary school experiences of the community and presented as a means of addressing the imbalance between Indigenous and Western knowledge systems currently offered through the public education system. Both Indigenous and Western research methods are utilized through a process designed to involve the community in the reconstruction of an already-existing community family literacy program, PALS (Parents as Literacy Supporters). The metaphor of a circle, representing the six Haida values of interconnectedness, seeking wise counsel, reciprocity, balance, respect, and responsibility, is used to guide the research in addition to serving as the foundation for a new, culturally responsive, version of PALS.
Literacy--Study and teaching--British Columbia
Expanding the circle Collaborative research to create culturally responsive family literacy programming / [electronic resource] : by Lesley Alison Gear. - Vancouver, B.C. : University of British Columbia, 2014. - 1 online resource (viii, 92 p.) : digital, PDF file
Thesis (MA)--University of British Columbia, 2014.
This thesis documents the creation of a family literacy program developed with, and for, a Haida community on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. The field of family literacy is juxtaposed with the historical and contemporary school experiences of the community and presented as a means of addressing the imbalance between Indigenous and Western knowledge systems currently offered through the public education system. Both Indigenous and Western research methods are utilized through a process designed to involve the community in the reconstruction of an already-existing community family literacy program, PALS (Parents as Literacy Supporters). The metaphor of a circle, representing the six Haida values of interconnectedness, seeking wise counsel, reciprocity, balance, respect, and responsibility, is used to guide the research in addition to serving as the foundation for a new, culturally responsive, version of PALS.
Literacy--Study and teaching--British Columbia