Product Description -The in's and out's of culturally responsive science teaching -For teachers and teacher candidates -Building on individual strengths and pedagogical gifts -Realistic, informative, encouraging, and thoughtful -Highlighting the voices of teachers and students -Commonsense generalizations balanced with real teaching events -Benefits both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students CHAPTERS / THEMES 1.Benefits from interacting with Elders and Knowledge Keepers. Postcolonial education. 2.Combining Indigenous knowledge and science. Connect to the land and nurture self-identities. 3.Some initial concerns of teachers. Teaching as storytelling: worldview, spirituality, and metaphors. Protocols with tobacco. 4.Challenges faced by teachers. Anti-racist education. 5.Guidance by Indigenous cultures. Indigenous awareness: a matter of commitment. 6.Critical elements that produce student achievement. The power of relationship building in learning. 7.Culturally valid assessment. Degrees of autonomous learning environments for all students. 8.The brain needs the heart. Stay calm, be brave, wait for the signs. Contributors: Glen Aikenhead, Jennifer Brokofsky, Theresa Bodnar, Chris Clark, Christie Foley, Jennifer Hingley, Darryl Isbister, Terry Johanson, Cyndi Lauze, Sarah Myers, Tracy Roadhouse, Tina Rioux, Elder Darlene Speidel, Waokiye Don Speidel, Gillian Strange
| Author: Glen Aikenhead |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Apr 04, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 144 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 149957343X |
| ISBN-13: 9781499573435 |
