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ERIC Number: EJ596031
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand: Science Teaching in Multicultural Context.
Chambers, David Wade
Science and Education, v8 n6 p633-44 Nov 1999
Describes the Imagining Nature Project at Deakin University in Australia, and the Native Eyes Project at the Institute of American Indian Art in New Mexico. Both projects entail the teaching of science and technology to non-science majors of highly diverse cultural origin. They also incorporate innovative strategies to make science and technology more credible and relevant to indigenous peoples. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Background, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indigenous Populations, Instructional Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Multicultural Education, Nonmajors, Nontraditional Students, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Technology Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; New Mexico
Note: Special issue on Science for Non-Majors.