Article ID: CBB482191701

A Multi-Perspective Reflection on How Indigenous Knowledge and Related Ideas Can Improve Science Education for Sustainability (2020)

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Indigenous knowledge provides specific views of the world held by various indigenous peoples. It offers different views on nature and science that generally differ from traditional Western science. Futhermore, it introduces different perspectives on nature and the human in nature. Coming basically from a Western perspective on nature and science, the paper analyzes the literature in science education focusing on research and practices of integrating indigenous knowledge with science education. The paper suggests Didaktik models and frameworks for how to elaborate on and design science education for sustainability that takes indigenous knowledge and related non-Western and alternative Western ideas into consideration. To do so, indigenous knowledge is contextualized with regards to related terms (e.g., ethnoscience), and with Eastern perspectives (e.g., Buddhism), and alternative Western thinking (e.g., post-human Bildung). This critical review provides justification for a stronger reflection about how to include views, aspects, and practices from indigenous communities into science teaching and learning. It also suggests that indigenous knowledge offers rich and authentic contexts for science learning. At the same time, it provides chances to reflect views on nature and science in contemporary (Western) science education for contributing to the development of more balanced and holistic worldviews, intercultural understanding, and sustainability.

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Authors & Contributors
Margo Neale
Wai Man Szeto
Shih, Ashanti
Regina Göschl
Michael Fletcher
Kai Ming Kiang
Concepts
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Environmental history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Traditional knowledge
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
21st century
17th century
Early modern
Places
North America
Australia
Germany
Torres Strait
Sydney (Australia)
Fiji
Institutions
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum
Grampians National Park
Sydney Observatory
École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
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