Norway: Sámi Schools Teeter Between The Sámi And Majority Cultures

Norway: Sámi Schools Teeter Between The Sámi And Majority Cultures   A new doctoral thesis illustrates that Western school culture figures prominently in Norwegian Sámi schools despite their having a dedicated Sámi curriculum. The research suggests that more emphasis should be placed on Sámi culture throughout the educational system.   In her doctoral thesis Pigga Keskitalo draws on the methods of educational anthropology to analyse the teaching and school culture in Norwegian Sámi schools....

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