Medin, Douglas L.

Who's asking? : Native science, Western science, and science education / Douglas L. Medin and Megan Bang. - Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2014. - xii, 282 pages ; 24 cm

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.

9780262026628 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

2013018075


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

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