An Ethnoscience Approach to Curriculum Issues for American Indian Students.

Davison, David M.; Miller, Kenneth W.

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ERIC Number: EJ586638

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Publication Date: 1998

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An Ethnoscience Approach to Curriculum Issues for American Indian Students.

Davison, David M.; Miller, Kenneth W.

School Science and Mathematics, v98 n5 p260-65 May 1998

Describes a course for teachers of American-Indian students that focuses on the development of culturally relevant activities as part of the science and mathematics curricula. Activities were embedded in a holistic approach to the curriculum and linked the informal science and mathematics of the culture with traditional school science and mathematics. Contains 16 references. (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: American Indians, Biology, Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnology, Ethnomathematics, Geometry, Indigenous Knowledge, Integrated Activities, Mathematics Education, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Science Education, World Views

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Language: English

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