Integrating cultural knowledge into science literacy and education is at the forefront of understanding human ingenuity that shaped the totality of cognitive interactions in communities and civilizations, leading to the establishment of core principles that guide every society -- past, present, and future. The dilution of cultural and historical…

Elements of culture and indigenous knowledge are integral to instruction and foundational to meaningful learning experiences. Using an embedded mixed-method design, this study examined instructional strategies and their extent of usage in integrating Ifugao indigenous knowledge systems and practice (IKSPs) in the teaching of Philippine Studies at…

The Philippine educational system and its core curriculum is oriented toward the formation of the modern, autonomous, rational subject, particularly one that will fit into the contemporary global market and production system. Through this system, Filipinos are deepening the colonization of their rationalities and subjectivities by imposing a…

Background/purpose: Indonesian for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) strategically strengthens Indonesian insight and knowledge for international students. This research aims to describe the strategy and results of the Indonesian cultural immersion implemented in BIPA learning to improve speaking skills. Project-based learning and cultural integration…

This research aimed to analyse the literature regarding Local and Indigenous Knowledge (LIK) in science teaching and learning. This research uses a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify articles focusing on studies regarding LIK in science education. This research explores 52 articles from Scopus and Web of Science published between 2014…

I interrogate the Philippine Indigenous Peoples Education's operational construct of culture to explicate its indigenous knowledge systems and practices (IKSP) integration into the K-12 curriculum. Pragmatism as a philosophical framework mainly guides the argument in this paper. In the first part, I introduce the old and contemporary meanings of…

Filipino philosophy of education involves layers of meanings blurred by foreign assumptions. Any study that enlightens this theme is relevant and necessary. Hence, I intend to contribute to the aim of shedding light and exploring the richness of this discourse. Specifically, I focus on the historicity of Filipino philosophy, particularly under its…

This study contended that Grade 1 learners can use the indigenous Amagende game as part of their learning, especially in mathematics. In line with this assertion, this paper's authors explored the impact of Amagende in learning numeracy skills. This qualitative case study, underpinned by Mbigi's Collective Fingers Theory, conducted semi-structured…

This study proposes a rights-based instructional planning approach for teachers serving indigenous learners, particularly those assigned to schools in Higaonon communities (IPEd). The content of the paper focuses on the following: (1) assumptions about Higaonon indigenous learners; (2) components of the right-based instructional planning approach;…

One major aspect of interest in Filipino philosophy is education. Reflecting on the nature, aims, and problems of education, Filipino philosophy of education investigates philosophical issues and emerging trends of philosophical thinking in education which are distinctive to the Filipino context. Filipino philosophy of education has a rich…

This study explores the development and implementation of the Indigenous Peoples' Education (IPEd) policy in the Philippines, which institutionalizes the practice of cultural interface by combining Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge systems in the Philippine curriculum. Using actor-centered institutionalism as an analytical framework, this…

This paper introduces the idea of integrating indigenous knowledge (IK) in the elementary level of the K-12 Science Curriculum. The study identifies indigenous knowledge that is practiced by the people and presents instructional strategies that could be used to integrate indigenous knowledge in the science curriculum. These strategies are based on…

Epistemic injustices are wrongs done concerning a person's capacity as a knower. These actions are usually caused by prejudice and involve the distortion and neglect of certain marginalized groups' opinions and ways of knowing. A type of epistemic injustice is hermeneutical injustice, which occurs when a person cannot effectively communicate or…

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…

Purpose: To determine the sociocultural characteristics and unravel the ethnomathematics in "Panaeaba" or oyster farming of the fourteen "Manugtaeaba" (oyster farmer) purposively chosen as informants and paired the mathematical concepts and principles found in "Panaeaba" to K12 Mathematics. Method: This focused…