Elevating Local Knowledge in Curriculum, Conversation, and Community: Creating Connections across Rural Montana

Autor/inn/en	Moore, Sabre; Weikert, Angela; Downey, Jayne; Carroll, Sharon
Titel	Elevating Local Knowledge in Curriculum, Conversation, and Community: Creating Connections across Rural Montana
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 33 (2023) 2, S.68-84 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Downey, Jayne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Cooperation; Elementary Secondary Education; Exhibits; Immunization Programs; Curriculum Development; Local History; School Community Relationship; Rural Schools; Museums; Montana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Immunisierung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ortsgeschichte; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen
Abstract	In a time of fraying community and interpersonal relationships, rural school and community leaders are in search of research-based approaches to strengthen connections and sustain relationships among their students and community members. This article reports the findings from two studies (Moore, 2023; Weikert, 2022) documenting how and why, during the height of the pandemic, rural leaders from a community museum and local school came together to use local history and knowledge to design a museum exhibit and a K-12 curriculum about the pandemic and vaccines. The article describes the museum's place-conscious development process of the exhibit titled, "Shots Felt Round the World: Dr. Maurice Hilleman and the Montana Origins of the Fight Against Pandemics" to invite visitors to view the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine development through local histories of infectious disease and healthcare. The article also describes how a curriculum for students in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) titled, "Hilleman & Vaccines: Connecting Culture to Scientific Curiosity" was created in tandem with the exhibition by the museum's Teacher Advisory Council to connect students to local history and knowledge to promote student learning through the integration of math, science, history, and critical thinking. Findings reveal that while the subject of vaccines is politically charged, the emphasis on local history and knowledge allowed both museum and K-12 audiences to find common ground, learn about the subject through a local lens, and strengthen school and community-school connections. The article concludes with recommendations for how rural schools and communities can use local knowledge to contribute to cross-community connections and vitality. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01