Queensland: Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources In Science Classrooms

Queensland: Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources In Science Classrooms Philemon Chigeza, 2011   The author takes two Year 9 science classes, composed entirely of Torres Strait Islander students, at a school in Far North Queensland. In 2007 and 2008 he introduced elements of Indigenous language and culture into the classes, and conducted a study measuring their impact on students' science learning. These resources include storytelling, ceremony, songs and ritual, as well as...

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