Alaska Native/Rural Education Consortium for Systemic Integration of Indigenous and Western Scientific Knowledge

9554466拉森、阿拉斯加原住民联合会和阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯大学成立了阿拉斯加原住民/农村教育联盟，以落实一系列研讨会的建议，该系列研讨会的重点是向阿拉斯加原住民学生提供教育。该联盟将通过高等教育机构、阿拉斯加教育部和部落议会开展一项为期五年的倡议，系统地记录阿拉斯加土著人民的土著知识体系，制定将土著知识纳入课程的教学实践，并调整教学实践，以利用土著学习方式，提高阿拉斯加土著乡村学校学生的科学和数学成绩。拟议倡议的重点是为阿拉斯加原住民提供机会，就增加原住民和非原住民科学、数学、工程和技术(SMET)知识应用于解决北极环境中的教育问题所需的结构、内容和过程制定新的教育议程。整个项目分为以下三项举措：(1)了解和教授本土知识的方法(职前部分)；(2)与文化相适应的课程调整(课程部分)；(3)长者和文化营(在职部分)。这些活动将在国家的五(5)个文化区实施。预计到2000年，阿拉斯加农村系统倡议将涉及该州54个公立学区中的48个，影响到302所学校，共有2925名认证工作人员为31,515名学生服务。除教学方面的影响外，ANREC还计划设立一个土著科学咨询委员会，该委员会由国家成员组成，反映土著科学家和工程师掌握的与文化相关的科学和数学知识。虽然委员会将为ANREC的活动内容提供指导，但希望参与教授土著学生的其他系统倡议或组织将从ANREC的存在中受益。***

9554466 Larson The Alaska Federation of Natives and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have established the Alaska Native/Rural Education Consortium (ANREC) to implement recommendations from a seminar series that focused on instruction to Alaska Native students. Working through institutions of higher education, the Alaska Department of Education, and tribal councils, the consortium will undertake a five year initiative to systemically document the indigenous knowledge systems of Alaska Native people and develop pedagogical practices that will integrate indigenous knowledge into the curriculum, and restructure instructional practices to capitalize on Native learning styles, to improve the science and mathematics achievement of students in Alaska Native village schools. The focus of the proposed initiative is on providing an opportunity for the Native people of Alaska to formulate a renewed educational agenda regarding the structure, content and processes that are needed to increase the application of Native and non-Native science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) knowledge to the solution of educational problems in the Arctic environment. The overall project is organized into the following three initiatives: (1) Native Ways of Knowing and Teaching (the preservice component); (2) Culturally aligned Curriculum Adaptations (the curricular component); and (3) Elders and Cultural Camps (the inservice component). These activities will be implemented in the five (5) cultural regions of the State. It is anticipated by the Year 2000, the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative will involve 48 of the 54 public school districts in the state, impacting 302 schools, with a total of 2925 certified staff serving 31,515 students. In addition to the pedagogical impacts, ANREC plans to establish a Native Sciences Advisory Board, with national membership and reflecting the culturally relevant science and mathematics knowledge held by Native scientists and enginee rs. Although the Board will provide guidance to the content of ANREC's activities, it is hoped that other systemic initiatives or organizations involved with teaching native students will benefit from its existence. ***