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September 23rd, 2014
Enhancing School Science with Indigenous Knowledge: What We Know From Teachers and Research
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Over the past several years, a number of Saskatoon Public Schoolsâ teachers worked with University of Saskatchewan Emeritas Professor Dr. Glen Aikenhead to develop a resource to support the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in the teaching of science. The resulting handbook, Enhancing School Science with Indigenous Knowledge and Research: What We Know from Teachers and Research, supports the renewed Saskatchewan curriculum which incorporates First Nations and MĂ©tis ways of knowing and being with scientific knowledge. The handbook combines research with firsthand accounts from Saskatoon Public Schoolsâ teachers and students about how to combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge. Please see the
following link for viewing:
http://www.amazon.ca/Enhancing-School-Science-Indigenous-Knowledge/dp/149957343X
Two teachers will be sharing their experiences using the handbook and the impact it made on them and their classroomsâMs. Theresa Bodnar, Learning Leader, Bedford Road Collegiate Institute and Ms. Gillian Strange, Grade 7 and 8, Vincent Massey Community School. Darryl Isbister, Coordinator for First Nations and MĂ©tis Education, will share a glimpse of the process that the teachers participated in while developing the resource.