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Embracing Indigenous knowledge in science and medical teaching /
The focus of the book is on different ways of knowing: the western scientific way (reductionist, dualistic and materialist) versus the Indigenous approach (holistic, non-dualistic, and spiritual). It discusses both science and medicine in the context of the challenges experienced in introducing scie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Cultural studies of science education (2010) ;
volume 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Biography""; ""Part I: Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Prologue""; ""Writing Styles""; "" Scope of the Book""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Introduction to Different Ways of Knowing""; ""Indigenous Knowledge (IK)""; "" Western Knowledge""; "" Western Science and African Indigenous Knowledge""; "" Process of Making Sense""; "" Interactions Between Different Ways of Knowing""; ""References""; ""Part II: Science Education""; ""Chapter 3: History of Science Teaching in Southern Africa""; ""Apartheid and Education""; "" Apartheid Era 1948�2004""
- "" My Schooling"""" Post-Apartheid Era""; "" Current Situation 2010�2014""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Teaching Science in Southern Africa""; ""Learning Science""; "" African Indigenous Knowledge""; "" Curiosity""; "" How Do Students Acquire Scientific Knowledge?""; "" Tracking an Alternative Conception of Heat""; "" The �Heat� Study""; "" Alternative Conceptions""; "" Implications for South African Science Curriculum""; ""References""; ""Part III: Medical Education and Practice""; ""Chapter 5: Challenges of Medicine Across the Cultural Divide""
- ""Cultural Misunderstandings in Medicine"""" Cultural Misunderstanding of Hmong Refugees in the USA""; "" Cultural Complexity in Lesotho""; "" Colonial Medical Care in Africa""; "" Sacred Versus Secular Colonial Medicine""; "" The Western Medical Way of Knowing""; "" Ways of Knowing in African Traditional Medicine""; "" Negotiating Between Different Ways of Knowing""; "" Medical Pluralism and Equipollence""; "" Integrating Western and Non-Western Approaches""; ""Integrative Approach to Patient Care""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: African Healing and Traditional Healers""
- ""Traditional Healers and Their Healing Practice"""" Traditional Healing Extraction Treatment""; "" Traditional Healers� Ways of Knowing""; "" Comparison of Western and Traditional Healing Procedures""; "" Witchcraft in African Medicine""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Education of Traditional Healers""; ""The Decision to Become a Healer""; "" Initiation Ceremony""; "" Training Process""; "" Accreditation""; "" Continuing Education""; ""References""; ""Part IV: Research in, and Applications to, Science and Medical Teaching""
- ""Chapter 8: Educational Research on Indigenous Knowledge in Science Teaching""""Exploring the Failure of the �Foundations of Science� Course""; "" Model of Teaching and Learning""; "" A Functional Curriculum""; "" Research Study Part 1: Identifying the Indigenous Knowledge of Traditional Healers in South Africa and Lesotho""; ""Science Education in Lesotho""; "" THs� Ideas About Children�s Learning Needs in Lesotho and the Western Cape""; ""Basotho Study (see Hewson 2012)""; "" Western Cape Study (see Hewson et al. 2009)""