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Engineering Knowledge as Indigenous Knowledge
In this chapter, I will argue that a lack of respect for indigenous knowledge has more to do with a narrow, positivist view of science and technology...
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Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics
As in many countries, for decades in Aotearoa (New Zealand), we have heard the story of the Pacific and Māori achievement gap in mathematics. This...
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A differentiated approach to Indigenous pedagogies: addressing gaps in teachers’ knowledge
Acknowledging Australian Indigenous cultural diversity involves respecting local Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. This can be difficult for...
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Global citizenship education curriculum through the lens of Indigenous knowledge systems: Perspectives from Ghana
This article explores, through semi-structured interviews with selected doctoral students and lecturers, clues for the incorporation of Indigenous...
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Indigenous Technology Knowledge Systems Decolonizing the Technology Education Curriculum
There has been a growing interest in indigenous knowledge systems and research. This interest has been mainly triggered by the need to decolonize...
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Indigenous knowledge and the education system: Plants and food production in the development of inclusive and diverse pedagogies
The domestication of plants to make them suitable for consumption is a cultural event in many Indigenous cultures. The cultivation and production of...
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The indigenous knowledge system of Credo Mutwa: a pedagogical challenge in higher education in South Africa
This article discusses the vast indigenous knowledge system of the late Sanusi Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa as a critical and relevant pedagogy that can...
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems in South Africa and Australia: transforming doctoral education
While there is a great deal of support for the integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) into higher education, there is still a significant...
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Investigating indigenous knowledge awareness among South African science teachers for develo** a guideline
This research article explores the development of preliminary guidelines for the integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) into science...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Science and Technology Education
In recent decades, research on the knowledge of indigenous cultures has gained more and more recognition in the field of science and technology...
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa: exclusion of students with disabilities in South African higher education
While contemporary scholarship seeks to include Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) into epistemology, to re-centre knowledge that has been placed in...
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Indigenous Technological Knowledge for Education in Zimbabwe
Education is vital to life because it involves a change of behaviour and information processing to meet human needs. Education should help improve...
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Knowledge Production and Colonial Myths: Centring Indigenous Knowledges Through Decolonization
This chapter discusses whose histories matter, what the purpose of history is, how representation is used in nation building, the role of knowledge...
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Ethnicity and education: How Indigenous knowledge and cultural identity are passed on through the Torém ritual of the Tremembé people
The Tremembé people live on the west coast of the Brazilian state of Ceará in three municipalities (Itapipoca, Acaraú and Itarema). Despite having...
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Indigenous voices: reimagining Indigenous education through a discourse of excellence
The persistent deficit positioning of Indigenous students has meant that the combined terms ‘Indigenous education’ and ‘excellence in education’ have...
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[Re]Imagining Indigenous Educational Design: A Conceptual Manifesto to Grow Disruptive Indigenous Digital Activists
The ubiquity of digital technologies and the harvesting of individual data has modified global societies, reinforcing systems of oppression. While a...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Education Reform
As was analyzed in Chapter 3, along with the deconstruction of the modern knowledge form with natural scientific knowledge as the model, a large...
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Examining non-Indigenous teacher perceptions of Indigenous students in Taiwan through a Strategic Relational Approach
This article examines non-Indigenous teachers’ expectations of, perceptions of, knowledge about, and attitudes towards Indigenous students in Taiwan...
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Enabling Indigenous wellbeing in higher education: Indigenous Australian youth-devised strategies and solutions
Indigenous youth comprise over half of the Indigenous Australian population; however, there is a scarcity of research that focuses on improving...
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Indigenous Knowledge and Social Work Crossing the Paths for Intervention
Looking at the field of social work from the perspective of Indigenous knowledge is an interesting enterprise. With this chapter, the authors wish to...