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Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned Vol. I
Foreword
It is with great pleasure that we
present this compilation of writing by rural Alaskan teachers. These
writings were developed by teachers who attended the first Rural
Alaska Instructional Improvement Academy, which was held on the
University of Alaska Fairbanks campus from May 25 to June 5,
1987.
The Academy was sponsored by the
Alaska Department of Education (Chapter I, Chapter II Block Grants,
Educational Equity, Bilingual Education, Title II Math/Science); the
University of Alaska Fairbanks; NEA-Alaska; the Fairbanks North Star
Borough School District and sixteen rural school districts (Alaska
Gateway, Bering Strait, Galena, Iditarod, Kenai, Kuspuk, Lake and
Peninsula, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, North Slope, Northwest
Arctic, St. Mary's, Tanana, Yukon flats, Yukon-Koyukuk, and Yupiit).
Most of all we would like to express our appreciation to the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation and Council of Chief State School Officers for a
grant that provided a major part of the funding for the Academy and
this publication. We would particularly like to thank Rebecca Yount,
our project officer, for her support. We would also like to
acknowledge Helen Barrett of the Fairbanks North Star School District
for all that she did to help ensure the program's success.
We are pleased to report that the
Rural Alaska Instructional Improvement Academy has become an annual
event. The Academy received a national award from the National Rural
Education Association as well.
We would like to thank a group of
student artists from McQueen School in Kivalina, Northwest Artic
School District, for sharing their artwork with us. You'll find their
work interspersed in the pages of this publication. Their names and
the titles of their pieces are listed on the final page of this
document.
J. Kelly Tonsmeire,
Editor
Alaska Department of
Education
Foreword
J. Kelly Tonsmiere
Introduction
Ray Barnhardt
Section
I
Some Thoughts on Village
Schooling
"Appropriate
Schools in Rural Alaska"
Todd Bergman, New Stuyahok
"Learning
Through Experience"
Judy Hoeldt, Kaltag
"The
Medium Is The Message For Village
Schools"
Steve Byrd, Wainwright
"Multiple
Intelligences: A Community Learning
Campaign"
Raymond Stein, Sitka
"Obstacles
To A Community-Based Curriculum"
Jim Vait, Eek
"Building
the Dream House"
Mary Moses-Marks, McGrath
"Community
Participation in Rural Education"
George Olana, Shishmaref
"Secondary
Education in Rural Alaska"
Pennee Reinhart, Kiana
"Reflections
on Teaching in the Kuskokwim Delta"
Christine Anderson, Kasigluk
"Some
Thoughts on Curriculum"
Marilyn Harmon, Kotzebue
Section
II
Some Suggestions for the
Curriculum
"Rabbit
Snaring and Language Arts"
Judy Hoeldt, Kaltag
"A Senior
Research Project for Rural High Schools"
Dave Ringle, St. Mary's
"Curriculum
Projects for the Pacific Region,"
Roberta Hogue Davis, College
"Resources
for Exploring Japan's Cultural Heritage"
Raymond Stein, Sitka
"Alaskans
Experience Japanese Culture Through
Music"
Rosemary Branham, Kenai
Section
III
Some Alternative
Perspectives
"The
Axe Handle Academy: A Proposal for a Bioregional, Thematic
Humanities Education"
Ron and Suzanne Scollon
"Culture,
Community and the Curriculum"
Ray Barnhardt
"The
Development of an Integrated Bilingual and Cross-Cultural
Curriculum in an Arctic School District"
Helen Roberts
"Weaving
Curriculum Webs: The Structure of Nonlinear
Curriculum"
Rebecca Corwin, George E. Hem and Diane Levin
Artists'
Credits
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