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Toward a First Nations Cross-Cultural Science and Technology Curriculum.
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In this paper, the authors explored First Nations (Native American) science education from a cultural perspective, where science is recognized as a subculture of Western culture and Aboriginal ideas about nature are contrasted.Abstract:
This article explores First Nations (Native American) science education from a cultural perspective Science is recognized as a subculture of Western culture Scientific and Aboriginal ideas about nature are contrasted Learning science is viewed as culture acquisition that requires First Nations students to cross a cultural border from their everyday world into the subculture of science The pathway toward the cross-cultural education explored in the ar- ticle is: (1) founded on empirical studies in educational anthropology; (2) directed by the goals of First Nations people themselves; (3) illuminated by a reconceptualization of science teach- ing as cultural transmission; (4) guided by a cross-cultural STS science and technology cur- riculum; and (5) grounded in various types of content knowledge (common sense, technology, and science) for the purpose of practical action such as economic development, environmental responsibility, and cultural survival Cross-cultural instruction requires teachers to identify cultural border crossings for students and to facilitate those border crossings by playing the role of tour guide, travel agent, or culture broker, while sustaining the validity of students' own culturally constructed ways of knowing © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc Sci Ed 81:217 - 238, 1997read more
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Discovering indigenous science: Implications for science education†
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TL;DR: This paper explored aspects of multicultural science and pedagogy and described a rich and well-documented branch of indigenous science known to biologists and ecologists as traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
TL;DR: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions as discussed by the authors is a seminal work in the history of science and philosophy of science, and it has been widely cited as a major source of inspiration for the present generation of scientists.
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The Interpretation of Cultures
Richard Fenn,Clifford Geertz +1 more
TL;DR: The INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES CLIFFORD GEERTZ Books files are available at the online library of the University of Southern California as mentioned in this paper, where they can be used to find any kind of Books for reading.
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