Ep. 15: Indigenizing K12 science education Jane Cooper

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 4 p.m.

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Many Indigenous students in Canada experience science lessons as counterintuitive, if not outright alienating. It\\u2019s high time we incorporated First Nation, Inuit, and M\\xe9tis perspectives on the natural world into mainstream K\\u201312 science. Researcher Jane Cooper explains the educational landscape, current initiatives, the role of Elders and Knowledge Keepers, and what it will take to make it happen.\\xa0

The full story: Curriculum and Reconciliation: Introducing Indigenous Perspectives into K\\u201312 Science (impact paper, out September 2020).\\xa0

Discover more Indigenous and Northern studies projects and access all our research at conferenceboard.ca.\\xa0

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