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Singing ourselves in

dc.contributor.committeeMemberWard, Angelaen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSt. Denis, Vernaen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWason-Ellam, Lindaen_US
dc.creatorKing, Anna-Leahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-10-18T10:53:23Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T05:01:34Z
dc.date.available2008-12-03T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T05:01:34Z
dc.date.created2004-01en_US
dc.date.issued2004-01-01en_US
dc.date.submittedJanuary 2004en_US
dc.description.abstractIn a qualitative study, grade three students in an urban classroom were introduced to Aboriginal children's picture-storybooks followed by "menoh," which are literary response activities. "Menoh" is defined as aesthetics, although, in this study "menoh" activities stem from Anishnabe and Cree cultural ways such as in traditional singing, dance, drumming, art and cooking. The researcher used a reframing as a decolonizing methodology in order to reclaim Aboriginal voice and perspective. Reframing is taking greater control over the way Aboriginal research is structured, analyzed and written. The research data was collected over a period of several months within the classroom where the researcher read aloud and drew Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal listeners into the multi-layers of the stories. Through dialogue and critique, the students discussed the stories in literary circles. They shared meanings about the stories and made connections to their own lives and the lives of others. The stories contained messages about loyalty, respect, responsibility, honesty, humility, trust, and sharing-all those qualities that helped Aboriginal people live the life they did and still do today. Discussion was followed by a variety of "menoh," activities that introduced aesthetic ways of knowing from an Aboriginal perspective.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10182007-105323en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectteaching Native perspective in elementary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectmenoh activitiesen_US
dc.subjectteaching Aboriginal perpectivesen_US
dc.subjectAboriginal picture storybooksen_US
dc.subjectcultural enrichment activitiesen_US
dc.subjectliterary response activitiesen_US
dc.titleSinging ourselves inen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (M.Ed.)en_US

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