Native American Learners

I found some main points on the website listed below regarding how Native American students learn best and they were:

• Native Americans tend to regard concepts holistically and visually/symbolically
• Native Americans value "wait" time
• Native Americans tend to observe before acting or questioning
• Native Americans tend to speak softly and avoid eye contact with authority
• Native Americans tend to respond well cooperative learning environments
• Native Americans tend to not challenge authority figures

Although these descriptions will obiviously not apply to everyone from this group it does help us understand where they are coming from more. For more detailed information on the previous points I welcome you to further explore the website which I took them from which is listed below.

http://www.fourcornerslearning.org/edresources/NA/nalearning.htm