Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and the Physical Sciences
Date Submitted: 02/26/2004 17:10:35
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 15 pages (4215 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 15 pages (4215 words)
<Tab/>
<Tab/>There is a 'hidden science curriculum' that is widely being taught in Canadian schools today. This hidden curriculum conveys a particular Eurocentric worldview amounting to cultural assimilation and marginalization of students who possess other knowledge bases than the Western societal norm. The deculturization and devaluation has led to First Nation's students generally not embracing scientific and environmental ecological discourses resulting in the loss of valuable …
Is this Essay helpful? Join now to read this particular paper
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
and access over 480,000 just like this GET BETTER GRADES
…Report of the Fellowship to Assess the Impact of Television in Remote Aboriginal Communities. Canberra. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1986.
National Aboriginal Forestry Natural Resources Canada. (1996). Aboriginal Forest-Based Ecological Knowledge in Canada. Paper prepared for the Canadian Forest Service. http://www.nafaforestry.org/press/legalrightssept2003.pdf
Notzke, Claudia. (1994). Aboriginal People and Natural Resources in Canada. North York: Claudia Notzke and Captus Press Inc.
Ryan, Joan. (1995). Doing Things the Right Way. Calgary. University of Calgary Press.
Need a custom written paper? Let our professional writers save your time.