"Animosh" Tracks on the Playground, Minnows in the Sensory Table: Incorporating Cultural Themes to Promote Preschoolers' Critical Thinking in American Indian Head Start Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Dubosarsky, Mia; Murphy, Barbara; Roehrig, Gillian; Frost, Linda C.; Jones, Jennifer; Carlson, Stephan P.
Titel	"Animosh" Tracks on the Playground, Minnows in the Sensory Table: Incorporating Cultural Themes to Promote Preschoolers' Critical Thinking in American Indian Head Start Classrooms
Quelle	In: Young Children, 66 (2011) 5, S.20-26 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-6619
Schlagwörter	Preschool Education; American Indians; Disadvantaged Youth; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Preschool Children; Early Intervention; Faculty Development; Teacher Improvement; Culturally Relevant Education; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Science Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Science Activities; Inquiry; Outdoor Education; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; American Indian; Indianer; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Freiluftunterricht
Abstract	Both Nette Londo and Carolyn J. B. Melchert took part in "Ah neen dush" ("Why?" in Ojibwe), a three-year professional development program for Head Start teachers on the White Earth reservation. The program, a collaboration between the White Earth Head Start program and the University of Minnesota, was funded by the Office of Head Start to mentor and support teachers as they developed inquiry-based science and mathematics activities that incorporated Ojibwe language and culture. In this article the authors present the advantages of teaching a culturally based curriculum, and they describe the format they used to develop culturally based inquiry units. They also share two sample units, Londo's ice fishing unit and Melchert's animal tracks unit, to illustrate the types of activities that can be included in a culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate science investigation. (Contains 7 resources and 4 online resources.) [""Animosh" Tracks on the Playground, Minnows in the Sensory Table: Incorporating Cultural Themes to Promote Preschoolers' Critical Thinking in American Indian Head Start Classrooms" was written with Nette Londo, Carolyn J. B. Melchert, Cheryl Gettel, and Jody Bement.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association for the Education of Young Children. 1313 L Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 22205-4101. Tel: 800-424-2460; Tel: 202-232-8777; Fax: 202-328-2649; e-mail: editorial@naeyc.org; Web site: http://www.naeyc.org/yc/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10