Who's asking? : Native science, Western science, and science education /

"The answers to scientific questions depend on who's asking, because the questions asked and the answers sought reflect the cultural values and orientations of the questioner. These values and orientations are most often those of Western science. In Who's Asking?, Douglas Medin and Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medin, Douglas L.
Other Authors: Bang, Megan, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Indians > Science.
Indian philosophy > North America.
Science > Philosophy.
Ethnoscience.
Science > Study and teaching.
Indians > Education.
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Political aspects.
Peuples autochtones > Sciences.
Ethnosciences.
Sciences > Étude et enseignement.
Peuples autochtones > Éducation.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Sciences > Aspect politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnoscience
Indian philosophy
Indians > Education
Science > Philosophy
Science > Political aspects
Science > Social aspects
Science > Study and teaching
Ethnotheorie
Indianer
Lehre
Unterrepräsentation
Wissenschaft
North America
USA
Multi-User.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
EDUCATION/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Who's asking?
  • Unsettling science
  • Maps, models and the unity of science
  • Values everywhere within science
  • Science reflects who does it
  • Culture and issues in cultural research
  • Psychological distance and conceptions of nature
  • Distance, perspective taking, and ecological relations
  • Complicating cultural models : limitations of distance
  • The argument so far
  • A brief history of Indian education
  • Culturally-based science education : navigating multiple epistemologies
  • Community-based science education : Menominee focus
  • Community-based science education : AIC focus
  • Partnership in community : some consequences
  • Summary, conclusions, implications.

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