Proposed
Objectives
By planning and then travelling to Peru, students will develop a
critical appreciation of different ways to
gather and apply information, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
Students will learn self-respect while drawing upon
inherent resources and motivation for developing the whole person, and
design
important self-reliant, life foundation standards for a meaningful
education
to share with others.
By experiencing
a Freirian education environment that allows them to
compare different cultural settings and educational systems, we will
get to the major goal of Native American Studies which is to provide an
open,
alternative education opportunity through experiencing a Native
American philosophy of education that promotes self-determination,
individual research, goal setting, internal motivation and
self-reliance.
This component
is designed to serve participants interested in enriching
their unique cultural
heritage and developing strategies for self-determination in a
pluralistic society; and also to those interested in learning about
traditional cultures and values including the dynamics of
change in a Latin American society.
The
on
campus
Native American Studies, in keeping with student
self-determined
education, includes programs to complement various
cognitive styles. In this component to travel to Peru, there are many
interdisciplinary opportunities. Examples of
such
collaboration include studies in history, science, environmental
studies,
health, culture and language and the expressive arts.
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