Indigenous STEM Education:Perspectives from the Pacific Islands, the Americas and Asia, Volume 1:29 (Sociocultural Explorations of Science Education, 29)

by: Pauline W. U. Chinn (Editor),Sharon Nelson-Barber(Editor)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:1st ed. 2023

Publication Date: 5 Aug. 2023

Language: English

Print Length: 310 pages

ISBN-10: 3031304500

ISBN-13: 9783031304507

Book Description

This book explores ways in which systems of local knowledge, culture, language, and place are foundational for STEM leaing in Indigenous communities. It is part of a two-volume set that addresses a growing recognition that interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and cross-hybrid leaing is needed to foster scientific and cultural understandings and move STEM leaing toward more just and sustainable futures for all leaers. Themes of leaing from elders, through practice and place-based experiences are found across cultures. Each chapter brings a uniquely Indigenous point of view to the educational transformation efforts taking place in these distinct contexts. In the second section the chapters use authentic research stories to explain many ways in which regular disciplinary policies and practices can impact Indigenous students’ participation in STEM classrooms and careers. These authors go on to discuss ways to engage leaers in STEM activities that are interconnected with the contexts of their lives.