@article {594, title = {HOW TO DEVELOP INDIGENOUS PEOPLES{\textquoteright} EDUCATION? ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS OF S{\'A}MI EDUCATION}, journal = {Problems of Education in the 21st Century}, volume = {34}, year = {2011}, month = {October/2011}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {34-49}, abstract = {This research presents today{\textquoteright}s educational challenges of one indigenous people: the S{\'a}mi. The data was collected by school ethnography in Norway during 2001-2007 in six S{\'a}mi schools. In spite of the many centuries{\textquoteright} educational efforts, the S{\'a}mi have not managed to form their own school culture because the current school system has been imported in the S{\'a}mi areas by outsiders, namely western educators and missionary workers. S{\'a}mi education relates to a whole new dimension at a time when Norway is engaged in another S{\'a}mi primary school education reform, while in other countries inhabited by the S{\'a}mi people{\textemdash}Finland, Sweden, and Russia{\textemdash}the situation is much more challenging. In this study, results concerning the history-bound and practical problems of S{\'a}mi education are introduced. Based on the results, it will be discussed how teacher education should be developed and what issues should be paid attention to in order to develop S{\'a}mi education. }, keywords = {indigenous people, primary school education, teacher education}, issn = {1822-7864}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/11.34.34}, url = {https://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1406611925.pdf}, author = {Pigga Keskitalo and Kaarina M{\"a}{\"a}tt{\"a} and Satu Uusiautti} }