STEM teacher education: Integrating Indigenous knowledges and place-based pedagogical environments

• In Event: Advances in Learning Environments Research

Abstract

The purpose of our research is to investigate how educators’ experiences in field studies with community partners can inform an interdisciplinary educational program (STEM/EXPO-Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics / Experiential Place-based Outdoor) based on a curriculum of place. In this self- study, we investigated the possibilities for deliberate place-based pedagogical interventions. Learning from place emphasizes a relationship with the land, something deeply respected in Indigenous communities and something absent from much of place-based education. Our project seeks to close this gap by considering varying perspectives of place as it informs teacher education pedagogical environments.

Author

• Kevin O'Connor, Mount Royal University