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Indigenous Peoples, Globalization, and Education: Making Connections

Globalization pushes aside social, cultural, and ethical goals of education in favor of marketplace goals. Two stories of the indigenous Ju/'hoansi tribe in Botswana illustrate how even well-intentioned multicultural education programs can marginalize indigenous people, and how "globalization from below," fueled by communities of sentiment, can redirect globalization toward advancing social justice in a sustainable future. (Contains 24 references.) (TD)

• Author/Creator: St. Denis, Verna
• Date Published: Spr
• Journal/Secondary Title: Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• Number: 1
• Volume: 46
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Colonialism
• Subject: Educational Objectives
• Subject: Equal Education
• Subject: Foreign Countries
• Subject: Indigenous Populations
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Participatory Research
• Subject: Qualitative Research
• Subject: Role of Education
• Subject: World Views

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