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Who's Asking? : Native Science, Western Science, and Science Education.
Title:
Who's Asking? : Native Science, Western Science, and Science Education.
Author:
Medin, Douglas L.
ISBN:
9780262319430
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (295 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Who's Asking? -- 2 Unsettling Science -- 3 Maps, Models, and the Unity of Science -- 4 Values Everywhere within Science -- 5 Science Reflects Who Does It -- 6 Culture and Issues in Cultural Research -- 7 Psychological Distance and Conceptions of Nature -- 8 Distance, Perspective Taking, and Ecological Relations -- 9 Complicating Cultural Models: Limitations of Distance -- 10 The Argument So Far -- 11 A Brief History of Indian Education -- 12 Culturally Based Science Education: Navigating Multiple Epistemologies -- 13 Community-Based Science Education: Menominee Focus -- 14 Community-Based Science Education: AIC Focus -- 15 Partnership in Community: Some Consequences -- 16 Summary, Conclusions, and Implications -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Analysis and case studies show that including different orientations toward the natural world makes for more effective scientific practice and science education.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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