{"product_id":"transforming-din-education-pedro-vallejo-9780816543540","title":"Transforming Diné Education: Innovations in Pedagogy and Practice","description":"\u003ci\u003eTransforming Diné Education: Innovations in Pedagogy and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e gathers the voices of Diné scholars, educators, and administrators to offer critical insights into contemporary programs that place Diné-centered pedagogy into practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bringing together decades of teaching experience, contributors offer perspectives from school- and community-based programs, as well as the tribal, district, and university level. They address special education, language revitalization, wellness, self-determination and sovereignty, and university-tribal-community partnerships. These contributions foreground Diné ways of knowing both as an educational philosophy and as an active practice applied in the innovative programs the book highlights. The contributors deepen our understanding of the state of Navajo education by sharing their perspectives about effective teaching practices and the development of programs that advance educational opportunities for Navajo youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This work provides stories of Diné resilience, resistance, and survival. It articulates a Diné-centered pedagogy that will benefit educators and learners for generations to come. Transforming Diné Education fills a need in the larger literature of curricular and programmatic development and provides tools for academic success for all American Indian students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Berlinda Begay \u003cbr\u003e Lorenda Belone \u003cbr\u003e Michael \"Mikki\" Carroll \u003cbr\u003e Quintina \"Tina\" Deschenie \u003cbr\u003e Henry Fowler \u003cbr\u003e Richard Fulton \u003cbr\u003e Davis E. Henderson \u003cbr\u003e Kelsey Dayle John \u003cbr\u003e Lyla June Johnston \u003cbr\u003e Tracia Keri Jojola \u003cbr\u003e Tiffany S. Lee \u003cbr\u003e Shawn Secatero \u003cbr\u003e Michael Thompson \u003cbr\u003e Pedro \"Pete\" Vallejo \u003cbr\u003e Christine B. Vining \u003cbr\u003e Vincent Werito \u003cbr\u003e Duane \"Chili\" Yazzie \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pedro Vallejo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816543542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816543540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Pedro Vallejo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945578889471,"sku":"9780816543540","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_155582f7-9fff-46c3-b3ea-5b76640ff4bc.jpg?v=1681508929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transforming-din-education-pedro-vallejo-9780816543540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}