Perspectives on the Indigenous Worldviews in Informal Science Education Conference

Study on the Promotion of Indigenous Education by Informal Education—the Implementation of Science Education Camps

The conventional schooling is considered the formal education where students acquire knowledge in classrooms. In the formal schooling system, each student receives the same science curriculum. When students did not catch on to the pace with other students, they often lack the opportunity to ask questions and to fully understand the logic and theory behind the science knowledge. Therefore, an in...

Worldviews, Science and Us, Global Perspectives

This book originated in the regular meetings of several of the contributors scientists of such diverse disciplines as philosophy, anthropology, ethics, physics, methodology, and quantum mechanics. During these meetings, the basic themes that are represented in the book were discussed. The meetings were organised as part of the activities of the research community “The construction of Integratin...

Discovering Indigenous Science: Implications for Science Education

Indigenous science relates to both the science knowledge of long-resident, usually oral culture peoples, as well as the science knowledge of all peoples who as participants in culture are affected by the worldview and relativist interests of their home communities. This article explores aspects of multicultural science and pedagogy and describes a rich and well-documented branch of indigenous s...

Perspectives of Science in Iran

Perspectives of Science in Iran