Who's asking? :

Medin, Douglas L.

Who's asking? : Native science, Western science, and science education / Douglas L. Medin and Megan Bang. - 1 online resource (295 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780262319430 (ebook)


Indians--Science.
Indian philosophy.
Science--Philosophy.
Ethnoscience.
Science--Study and teaching.
Indians--Education.
Science--Social aspects.
Science--Political aspects.


Electronic books.

E59.S35 / M43 2013eb

303.48/3