Indigenous Mapping: Culturally Relevant, Technology-Enhanced Teaching Strategies for Indigenous Learners and the Public Good

• In Event: Indigenous Methodologies and the Centering of Humility, Self-Reflection, Generosity, and Relationships

Abstract

This paper discusses the development of a field-based technology that supports teachers and students in gathering, visualizing, and sharing environmental data, and importantly, cultural data such as videos of elders, historical maps, and lesson plans. More than one dozen Indigenous teachers and their students are using this new technology. Data collection includes surveys, participant observations, teacher work products, and student performances on science assessments aligned to the fieldwork practices and to the new NGSS. Findings derived through the field learning experiences and supporting classroom activities will illuminate strategies and adaptions teachers make while providing culturally-relevant, technology-enhanced science instruction and tools for assessment.

Authors

• Sharon Nelson-Barber, WestEd

• Jonathan Boxerman, WestEd

• Zanette Johnson, Stanford University

• Matt Silberglitt, WestEd