Who's asking? : Native science, Western science, and science education / Douglas L. Medin and Megan Bang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medin, Douglas L., author.

Bang, Megan, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoscience.

Indian philosophy.

Indians--Education.

Indians.

Indians--Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Political aspects.

Science--Social aspects.

Science--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 282 pages)

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 Introduction: Who's Asking? 1

2 Unsettling Science 15

3 Maps, Models, and the Unity of Science 33

4 Values Everywhere within Science 55

5 Science Reflects Who Does It 69

6 Culture and Issues in Cultural Research 85

7 Psychological Distance and Conceptions of Nature 107

8 Distance, Perspective Taking, and Ecological Relations 123

9 Complicating Cultural Models: Limitations of Distance 137

10 The Argument So Far 161

11 A Brief History of Indian Education 167

12 Culturally Based Science Education: Navigating Multiple Epistemologies 179

13 Community-Based Science Education: Menominee Focus 193

14 Community-Based Science Education: AIC Focus 209

15 Partnership in Community: Some Consequences 227

16 Summary, Conclusions, and Implications 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Medin, Douglas L., Who's asking?

ISBN:

9780262319430

0262319438

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.