According to Barber, Johnson, Lockard, Hale, & DeGroat (2014), Educational interventions have only considered only the values and norms of the dominant, middle-class, white culture in their investigation of best practice (p.3). Sharon Nelson-Barber works in the STEM area that advocates for culture and language to be implemented. Zanette Johnson co-founded a K-12 indigenous school and a teacher education program. Louise Lockard, Velma Hale, and Jennie DeGroat are professors at Northern Arizona University they teach bilingual education and advocate for endangered languages. The United States lumps the minorities into a one size fits all category which created the NCLB No Child Left Behind act that act hinders the learning of minorities’ education.
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7). I never thought that setting aside my culture would make me successful. As far as I can remember my parents raised me in the western society way of life and English language. Now looking back they may have never told me to set aside my culture or my language but feel like they wanted us to be raised in the western perspective that way we are able to succeed like they did. One example is Sheilah Nicholas (2005), “My parents, motivated by what they understood to be in my best interest and informed by their own negative experiences in federal boarding schools, advised me to put aside my language and culture while I pursued my formal education” (p. 30). Now I feel that is the only way you’ll succeed, but there is a way to where you can integrate the language and culture into the main subjects. It may be time consuming but we have to put that effort forth to be able to keep our identity as …show more content…
9). The reason why I do not agree is that the child will resent living with their grandparents in today society. Children are very depended on convinces and technology that they would run home the first chance they got. Maybe 10or 20 years it would have worked which is a good a idea but today you will have a lot of resentful kids on your hands today. I feel the best method to reach them is through the use of technology to revitalize the language just like the Choctaw. They are utilizing an iPad and have the Choctaw language app installed on every technology piece.
In conclusion, family and community involvement was stressed as the best method to help students succeed in school and pass their standardized tests. There is a fidelity in school curriculum with the use of CSR which is a one size fits all method. Libraries need to make a change from only western books to cultural books because they are suppressing their own culture. Parents knew that in order to survive and succeed in today society they had to set aside their culture and language. Having your child spend time with their grandparents may not be a good idea due to the lack of technology provided in their
7). I never thought that setting aside my culture would make me successful. As far as I can remember my parents raised me in the western society way of life and English language. Now looking back they may have never told me to set aside my culture or my language but feel like they wanted us to be raised in the western perspective that way we are able to succeed like they did. One example is Sheilah Nicholas (2005), “My parents, motivated by what they understood to be in my best interest and informed by their own negative experiences in federal boarding schools, advised me to put aside my language and culture while I pursued my formal education” (p. 30). Now I feel that is the only way you’ll succeed, but there is a way to where you can integrate the language and culture into the main subjects. It may be time consuming but we have to put that effort forth to be able to keep our identity as …show more content…
9). The reason why I do not agree is that the child will resent living with their grandparents in today society. Children are very depended on convinces and technology that they would run home the first chance they got. Maybe 10or 20 years it would have worked which is a good a idea but today you will have a lot of resentful kids on your hands today. I feel the best method to reach them is through the use of technology to revitalize the language just like the Choctaw. They are utilizing an iPad and have the Choctaw language app installed on every technology piece.
In conclusion, family and community involvement was stressed as the best method to help students succeed in school and pass their standardized tests. There is a fidelity in school curriculum with the use of CSR which is a one size fits all method. Libraries need to make a change from only western books to cultural books because they are suppressing their own culture. Parents knew that in order to survive and succeed in today society they had to set aside their culture and language. Having your child spend time with their grandparents may not be a good idea due to the lack of technology provided in their