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Rüschenpöhler, Lilith – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
This paper analyses the current state of postcolonial and decolonial science teaching, based on a systematic review of the literature, with a special focus on the European context. It shows that currently, a very narrow view on postcolonial science teaching prevails, limiting its scope to former colonies. A total of 227 articles published…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
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Noy, Shiri; Hancock, Megan – Teaching Sociology, 2021
Sociologists consistently try to activate students' sociological imagination even as they focus on teaching substantive and methodological information and skills. Teaching international development and other global topics pose particular challenges for engaging students actively in the local context while teaching about global and macro processes…
Descriptors: Museums, Teaching Methods, Sociology, Active Learning
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Kohl, Katrin; Hopkins, Charles – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2022
The COVID-19 global pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge to the sustainability strategies and initiatives of many nations. In many countries, education strategies and funding were negatively impacted and, consequently, especially vulnerable groups were highly affected, amongst them Indigenous communities around the world. As Indigenous…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Outcomes of Education
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Jin, Qingna – Education Sciences, 2021
There are a growing number of education programs in science and STEM education with the aim of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students who have long been underrepresented in current education systems. The aim of this study is to systematically review empirical research from 2011 to 2020 that reported programs to support Indigenous…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Indigenous Populations, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
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Odebiyi, Oluseyi Matthew; Sunal, Cynthia S. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
While many U.S. residents like listening to African stories, hearing African stories is difficult because designing effective curricula and teaching about African contexts appear to be a major challenge in U.S. social studies education. Drawing on postcolonial theory, we analyzed the discourses of two contemporaneous historical documents to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, African Languages, Postcolonialism, Foreign Countries
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Ezumah, Bellarmine – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
Over several decades, scholars have questioned the multilateralism of journalism education on the grounds that journalism education adopts a dominant paradigm that renders it predominantly Western. The argument, however, is polarized; on one hand, some scholars have proposed a de-Westernization of journalism education, on the other hand, a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Journalism Education, Western Civilization, Teaching Methods
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Timothy G. Cashman – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide comparative perspectives on how educators teach issues that affect two countries with a history of governmental tensions. The investigation examines how teachers in Cuban classrooms engage in discourses on the recent developments in Cuban and US relations, including the teaching of historical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Teaching Methods, International Relations
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Anderson, Judy, Ed.; Li, Yeping, Ed. – Advances in STEM Education, 2020
This book provides a platform for international scholars to share evidence for effective practices in integrated STEM education and contributes to the theoretical and practical knowledge gained from the diversity of approaches. Many publications on STEM education focus on one or two of the separate STEM disciplines without considering the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, College Faculty
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Seiler, Gale; Kwamboka, Hildah – Research in Science Education, 2019
The authors draw on their own experiences as practitioners, one as a Biology and Agriculture teacher in Kenya, and the other as an educator in a summer science program serving African American youth in a city in the Midwestern United States. They document and analyze moments of language contestation and explore the use of the construct of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Biology, Agricultural Education
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Stoddard, Jeremy; Marcus, Alan; Hicks, David – History Teacher, 2014
In this article, the authors explore the nature of film that is both "about" and now more often made "for/by" indigenous peoples and its potential as a medium for introducing and engaging students in the study of indigenous history and perspectives in secondary classrooms. As a framework for analysis, the authors examine to…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Films, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
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Mack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
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Rich, Nancy – Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2012
This paper introduces a mini-symposium on bringing Indigenous ways of knowing together with the teaching of environmental studies and sciences (ESS). Both knowledges share a fundamental interest in the relationship of humans with the Earth, yet until recently, Indigenous ways of knowing have rarely been visible in the teaching of ESS. Teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Ecology, Sustainable Development
Lingqi Meng – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study aimed to explore how the indigenous (national) culture of teaching and learning mediates teachers' understandings of constructivism in China and the U.S. Thirty middle school math teachers who are self-identified with the mathematics teaching reform movement in each country participated in this study (NCTM 2000 Math Standards in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Change
Barfield, Susan C.; Uzarski, Joelle – English Teaching Forum, 2009
One of the most important components of a culture is its language. With language, people not only expeditiously communicate; they also express their values, beliefs, and world views. When a language becomes extinct, a part of the cultural patrimony of humanity is lost. For linguists, this also means the loss of an opportunity for a better…
Descriptors: World Views, English (Second Language), Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
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Kuokkanen, Rauna – American Indian Quarterly, 2003
In this article the author proposes some thoughts for working toward academic hospitality that would enable the recognition of Indigenous epistemologies in an appropriate manner. These suggestions will always remain partial and are by no means intended to be taken as a comprehensive, exhaustive consideration of possible measures. To suggest…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Epistemology, Interpersonal Relationship, Teaching Methods
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