Crossing the Gap between Indigenous Worldview and Western Science: Millet Festival as a Bridge in the Teaching Module

Autor/inn/en	Chiang, Chia-Ling; Lee, Huei
Titel	Crossing the Gap between Indigenous Worldview and Western Science: Millet Festival as a Bridge in the Teaching Module
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Training Studies, 3 (2015) 6, S.90-100 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2324-805X
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; World Views; Indigenous Knowledge; Teaching Methods; Indigenous Populations; Self Concept; Tribes; Interviews; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Traits; Science Education; Cultural Background; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Cultural Activities; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; World view; Weltanschauung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sinti und Roma; Selbstkonzept; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität
Abstract	The worldview within indigenous people's traditional knowledge and western science can be a world of difference. In order to help indigenous students cross the gap and develop a sense of cultural identification. Taking Bunun, one of the Taiwanese indigenous tribes, as our subject, this study aims to develop a teaching module through Bunun's Millet Festival and implement this module to analyze students' performance. To have a better understanding of the worldview of Bunun, we had individual interviews with tribal elders and compared the collective materials with literature. Millet Festival is a significant ceremony for Bunun for passing important cultural custom and knowledge. Thus, taking Millet Festival as centerpiece of this study, we tried to connect traditional indigenous knowledge with school science education during Reclaiming Festival, Seed Sowing Festival, Ear-Shooting Festival, Garnering Festival and by making tribal elders assist with school teacher in class. The result shows that this teaching module not only provides abundant materials related to scientific subjects, but also makes the students appreciate the value and meaning of their own culture more. In addition, they would learn to respect the tribal elders sincerely and therefore the cultural inheritance would be rebuilt. (As Provided).
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