In an earlier post, I wrote about native science as providing a new paradigm for learning science. The paradigm that I wrote about was based on the work of Gregory Cajete’s Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence (Library Copy). My own view is that Native...
Guest Post: Terrill L. Nickerson Terrill Nickerson is veteran high school science teacher with 26 years experience. His first 15 years teaching science began in the Native American community, beginning on the Hopi Reservation in NE Arizona, and then on to teach at...
In my last post on this blog, I discussed how Native science can inform about global climate change. Some might say this is a stretch. I do not. In the Native science view of the environment, human communities are an integral part of ecological systems. This is a...
I wrote to a friend of mine who lives in Moscow, Russia to find out how he was doing with the extreme heat and fires that are creating the worst air pollution event in Moscow's history. He told me that he has been able to escape the heat by going to his daughter's...
There was an interesting article in USA Today raising questions about the use of e-readers, in particular, the iPad in higher education. Many of us who use these tools (right now my wife and I are on trip in the US Southwest & have with us an I-Book, an I-Pad, an...
There was an interesting article in USA Today raising questions about the use of e-readers, in particular, the iPad in higher education. Many of us who use these tools (right now my wife and I are on trip in the US Southwest & have with us an I-Book, an I-Pad, an...
