Watch Out for the W/HOLE! Student Multimedia Projects and Culturally Based Education

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  • Tish Scott

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v29i1.196383

Abstract

This inquiry explored community members' perceptions of education and how thisconnected with student-produced multimedia technology projects. The projects are examples of Culturally Based Education (CBE) programming from a grade 6/7 classlocated in a remote northwestern Canadian First Nations village. In this qualitativecase study, themes of achievement and level of educational attainment, employability,and culture emerged from analysis of open-ended interviews with communitymembers, community presentations, and meetings. CBE initiatives such as thestudent technology projects that are community-based and culturally relevantprovide opportunities for the education and health of the whole child to be integratedand connected.

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2021-12-10

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