CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

Part One

A WHOLE-SYSTEM APPROACH TO DESIGNING A CULTURE- BASED CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

INTRODUCTION
CURRICULUM DEFINED
CURRICULUM DESIGN DEFINED

PRELIMINARY CURRICULUM DESIGN PROCESSES
COMMUNITY SURVEY/NEEDS ASSESSMENT
FORMING A COMMUNITY CURRICULUM DESIGN COMMITTEE
ORGANIZING COMMUNITY ELDERS, NATIVE EDUCATORS AND OTHERS

CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

CURRICULUM DESIGN DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

1. NATIVE WORLD VIEWS
Part One: World View: Principles, Traditions, and Customs
Part Two: World View: Values and Beliefs
Community's Statement of Values

2. DETERMINING EDUCATION GOALS, OR FUNCTION
Community's Education Philosophy
Community's Education Goals/Outcomes

3. CORE LEARNING CATEGORIES AND CURRICULUM CONTENT
Identifying Learning Categories
Developing Learning Category Content

4. NATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS
The Sacred Circle Concept
Spiral Learning: A Method of Teaching and Learning
Project Approach
Subject Integration
Practitioners/Educators

5. EVALUATION
Program Effectiveness
Program Acceptability

Part Two

DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY-BASED NATIVE LITERACY CURRICULUM PROGRAM LESSON PLANS AND/OR PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NATIVE LITERACY CURRICULUM PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES
NATIVE LITERACY CURRICULUM PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY
NATIVE LITERACY CURRICULUM PROGRAM GOALS/OUTCOMES

3. INVENTORYING, DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING LOCAL RESOURCES
NATIVE LITERATURE
MATERIAL RESOURCES
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
UTILIZING LOCAL RESOURCE PERSONS
EQUIPMENT
ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS

4. WRITING LESSON PLAN OUTCOMES, OBJECTIVES AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES
BASIC STEPS IN LESSON PLAN DEVELOPMENT USING YOUR CORE LEARNING CATEGORIES
CULTURE-BASED LESSON PLANS: FORMAT AND FORMS
SAMPLE LESSON: Traditional Stories

FINAL STATEMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY



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