In working on support Indigenous learners in a post-secondary environment, I think it’s beneficial to explore successful programs or current initiatives in secondary education. Facilitating the transition to higher education, would increased student retention and satisfaction with their learning experiences. The OECD’s Supporting Success for Indigenous Students (2017) paper briefly summarizes supports for Indigenous K-12 students including the student, family, school, and leadership elements to consider.
There is a decent and recent pool of research on supporting Indigenous learners in higher education (e.g., Restoule et al., 2013; Shah & Widin, 2010), specifically during the transition period. I’ll be exploring this research stream further to evaluate how academic libraries can support Indigenous students during this period.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2017). Supporting success for Indigenous students. https://www.oecd.org/education/Supporting-Success-for-Indigenous-Students.pdf
Restoule, J. P., Mashford-Pringle, A., Chacaby, M., Smillie, C., Brunette, C., & Russel, G. (2013). Supporting successful transitions to post-secondary education for Indigenous students: Lessons from an institutional ethnography in Ontario, Canada. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 4(4).
Shah, M., & Widin, J. (2010). Indigenous Students’ Voices: Monitoring Indigenous Student Satisfaction and Retention in a Large Australian University. Journal of Institutional Research, 15(1), 28-41.