@inbook{2c90c7ef90a7441595fbb7cfad2ad986,
title = "Teachers{\textquoteright} perspectives on Sami culture-based pedagogical innovations promoting children{\textquoteright}s agency in online Sami language classes",
abstract = "This chapter debates a study of pedagogical innovations developed by teachers to support play, traditional storytelling and land-based pedagogy in online S{\'a}mi language classes with six- and seven-year-old children. It was executed through close cooperation between researchers, teachers and project workers of the pilot project on distance education in S{\'a}mi languages. The study was carried out in two phases. First, children, parents and teachers were interviewed. Based on these interviews, the second phase involved implementing pedagogical innovations in online classes of the Inari, Skolt and Northern S{\'a}mi languages. This chapter describes how pedagogical innovations taking advantage of land-based pedagogy, play and storytelling sought to support children{\textquoteright}s identity as S{\'a}mi and their inclusion in the language community. The results reveal that teacher expertise plays a key role in developing S{\'a}mi culture-based innovations. This chapter discusses these culturally responsive pedagogical innovations, which can model similar pedagogical practices for other teachers and practitioners and encourage them to develop culturally and linguistically meaningful learning contexts in S{\'a}mi language education.",
author = "Pigga Keskitalo and Hanna Helander and Tuija Turunen",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.4324/9781003360995-9",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-032-42050-9",
series = "Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "123--139",
editor = "Beaton, {Mhairi C.} and Anne Burke and Pigga Keskitalo and Tuija Turunen",
booktitle = "Children{\textquoteright}s Voice and Agency in Diverse Settings",
address = "United Kingdom",
}