Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and the Physical Sciences

Title: Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and the Physical Sciences
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Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and the Physical Sciences

<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 …showed first 75 words of 4300 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 4300 total…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.

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