Supporting Indigenous Children's Development: Community-University Partnerships

by Alan R. Pence, Jessica Ball, Alan Pence

Supporting Indigenous Children's Development challenges and offers an alternative to the imposition of best practices on communities by outside specialists. It tells the story of an unexpected partnership initiated by an Aboriginal tribal council with the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care. The partnership has produced a new approach to professional education, in which community leaders are co-constructors of the curriculum and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774812311
• ISBN13: 9780774812313
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"