Girjjohallat Girjáivuođa - Embracing Diversity

Sami Education Theory, Practice and Research
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71482-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: New Research - New Voices

Unveil the dynamic world of Sami education across Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia in this book. This vital volume presents cutting-edge research from top scholars, enriching teacher education with innovative, interdisciplinary insights. Discover unique contributions through a blend of Sami and Maori perspectives, and navigate the profound impacts of history on modern educational challenges and Indigenous self-determination.

Contributors are: Rauni Äärelä-Vihriälä, Kristina Belancic, Karianne Berg, Anna-Lill Drugge, Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Máret J. Heatta, Hanna Helander, Huia Tomlins Jahnke, Ylva Jannok Nutti, Pigga Keskitalo, Asbjørn Kolberg, David Kroik, Marikaisa Laiti, Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio, Torjer
Olsen, Hanna Outakoski, Annika Pasanen, Rauna Rahko-Ravantti, Hilde Sollid, Tuija Turunen and Ekaterina Zmyvalova.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Keskitalo, Pigga

Olsen, Torjer Andreas

Drugge, Anna-Lill

Rahko-Ravantti, Rauna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Tuija Turunen

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction: Embracing Diversity in Sami Education Theory, Practice and Research

Pigga Keskitalo, Torjer Olsen, Anna-Lill Drugge and Rauna Rahko-Ravantti

PART 1: General Theoretical Part

2 The Sacred Model of Sami Education Research

Rauna Rahko-Ravantti

3 Review of Indigenous Education and Sami Pedagogy: Key Tendencies and Notions

Pigga Keskitalo and Torjer Olsen

4 Connecting Traditional Knowledge and Institutionalised Education

Ylva Jannok Nutti and Máret J. Heatta

5 An Alternative Model of Indigenous Teacher Education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Huia Tomlins-Jahnke

6 Ethics in Sami Educational Research

Anna-Lill Drugge, Hilde Sollid, Torjer Olsen and Pigga Keskitalo

PART 2: Sami Educational Context

7 Institutionalised Sami Education in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia

Kristina Belancic, Ekaterina Zmyvalova, David Kroik, Hanna Helander and Torjer Olsen

PART 3: Research-Based Practices

8 Teaching and Learning Writing in Sápmi

Hanna Outakoski

9 Students’ Language Attitudes in an Indigenous Sami School

Inker-Anni Linkola-Aikio

10 ‘Language of My Home Region’: Ideologies of Non-Sami Adult Learners of the Inari Sami Language

Annika Pasanen

11 You Just Need to Shower Them in the Sami Language: Practices Teachers Use to Revitalise Children’s South Sami Language

Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Karianne Berg and Asbjørn Kolberg

12 Sami Language Revitalisation: Language Nests’ Social Dimensions in Terms of the Surrounding Sami Community, Culture and Languages

Rauni Äärelä-Vihriälä

13 Searvelatnja: A Communality Principle in Sami Early Childhood Education (SECE)

Marikaisa Laiti

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pigga Keskitalo is Professor of Education at the University of Lapland, specialising in Arctic perspectives. She also serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki and co-edited Indigenous Research Methodologies in Sámi and Global Contexts (Brill, 2021).

Torjer Olsen is Professor of Indigenous studies at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specializing in Indigenous education, theory and methodology. He co-edited Indigenizing Education and Citizenship: Perspectives on Policy and Practice from Sápmi and Beyond (Scandinavian University Press, 2022).

Anna-Lill Drugge, Ph.D., is affiliated with Umeå University, focusing on Indigenous studies and cultural preservation. Her research explores Sami history, research ethics, and education, promoting deeper understanding and advocacy for Indigenous issues.

Rauna Rahko-Ravantti, Ph.D., serves as Associate Professor in Sami teacher education at Sámi allaskuvla, contributing to the advancement of Indigenous education and teacher training.