INCLUSION THROUGH INNOVATION

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INCLUSION THROUGH INNOVATION

• IntegrateLearning.Org

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GLORIA BOBBIEIntegrateLearning.OrgResearch and
Forums

• SUNY MALS Anthropology and Technology in
  Education
• SUNY Faculty Anthropology Distance Learning
• Franklin University faculty Global Cultures
• Capella University Faculty
• World Cultures
• Educational Consulting

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BUILDING BRIDGESACROSS THE EDUCATION DIVIDE

• WHAT IS THE EDUCATION DIVIDE?
• WHO IS AFFECTED BY THE EDUCATION DIVIDE?
• BRIDGING THE EDUCATION DIVIDE

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What is the Education Divide?

• MAINSTREAM EDUCATION
• PERIPHERAL EDUCATION
• PEDAGOGY
• Excellence for top 20 of students
• Mediocrity for next 40 of students
• Failure for lowest achieving 40 of students
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory,
  Educate America A Call for Equity in School
  Reform, http//www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/edu
  cate/index.htm

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DEFINITIONS

• MAINSTREAM white, middle class, male-dominant,
  English speaking, without disabilities,
  Anglo-American
• PERIPHERAL poor, or racially, culturally,
  ethnically and linguistically diverse, female
• EDUCATION DIVIDE PERIPHERAL

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THE PERIPHERY

• Native Americans
• Africa Americans
• Rural Americans
• Low income Americans
• Hispanic Americans
• Disabled Americans
• Americans at low literacy levels
• Lifelong learners
• Senior Citizens
• Incarcerated Americans
• Digital Divide Groups

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NATIVE AMERICAN STATE POPULATIONS
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Native American Population

• Total U.S. population 1,937,391
• East of Mississippi 694,080
• West of Mississippi 1,243,311
• Northeast 6.3
• Midwest 17.9
• South 30.2
• West 45.6

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NATIVE AMERICA and the EDUCATION DIVIDE

• Typically, Indian students have experienced
  little educational success in American Schools
  when compared to non-Indian students
• National Center for Educational Statistics, U. S.
  Department of Education, Office of Educational
  Research and Improvement, Characteristics of
  American Indian and Alaska Native Education,
  NCES 97-451, page 1

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FACTORS AFFECTING EDUCATION

• Health and risky behavior
• Poverty and unemployment
• Isolation
• Fear of assimilation
• Lack of adequate educational facilities and
  teachers
• Language barriers
• Learning styles

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Barriers for At-risk Students

• Discrimination and Differential Treatment
• Structural and Programmatic Barriers
• Societal Context Declining Support for Schools,
  Children and Families

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Instruction That Connects with Students Culture
and Prior Knowledge

• Engage students in meaningful activities
• Use integrated learning activities that reflect
  students cultural diversity and the capacity for
  multiple intelligences
• Cooperative learning
• Involve community members

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MI-The Theory

• Musical Intelligence
• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
• Linguistic Intelligence
• Spatial Intelligence
• Interpersonal Intelligence
• Intrapersonal Intelligence
• Naturalist Intelligence

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Integrated Learning

• Collaborative Learning
• Parental family involvement in Schools
• Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning

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My Role

• Develop resource database
• Work with team to develop strategic plan for
  resource sharing and collaborative programs
  through technology
• Develop learning network for community
  development through education.

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WE ALL WINTHANK YOU ?