Sámi Education

by Pigga Keskitalo, Satu Uusiautti, Kaarina Määttä

This book is a pioneering work. It discusses special characteristics of the education of Sámi people, an indigenous people living in Northern Europe. The book provides a comprehensive study of indigenous school research and special features of Sámi education including problems and opportunities that teachers and pupils confront daily. The purpose of this book is to support the realization of indigenous peoples’ education based on their own cultural premises. New, reformative pedagogical models and culturally sensitive teaching arrangements that could enhance Sámi education are the focus of the book. It is aimed at everyone who is interested in indigenous peoples’ educational conditions and is based on the authors’ research cooperation in the field of Sámi education.

120 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Pigga Keskitalo is Associate Professor at Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway and Title of Docent at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is also a part-time University Researcher at the University of Lapland, Finland.