Our "First Education." [electronic resource] / Jon'a F. Meyer and Gloria Bogdan.

Native American education did not begin with European-style schools; it began at home with traditional storytelling. Traditional stories aimed to share wisdom, not to force it. Children can only understand certain things when they are mature enough to do so. Each time a story was told, the listener...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Meyer, Jon'a F.
Other Authors:	Bogdan, Gloria
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
Subjects:	American Indian Culture. American Indian Education. Ethical Instruction. Lifelong Learning. Nonformal Education. Oral Tradition. Social Control. Socialization. Story Telling. World Views.