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• Title:Igniting the sparkle : an indigenous science education model / Gregory A. Cajete.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cajete, Gregory, 1952-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Skyand, NC : Kivaki Press, ©1999.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ED C35 I36 1999
    
  • Number of Items:3
    
  • Status:c.1 Lost - 03-01-2022
    c.2 Lost - 04-17-2019
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Science--Study and teaching.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:233 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  
• Summary:"This work presents concepts that have been used for thousands of years to educate Native People. If you are a teacher, this book is a must! If you are just a concerned citizen, this book will enlighten you about another, older way of learning. Dr. Cajete shows how we can integrate native ways of learning with our own to revitalize our flagging educational system." - back cover.
  
• Local note:First Nations author - Tewa.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:1882308662
  
• Contents:The students
  Native American education and the U.S. government
  The 'cultural/cognitive deficit"
  The Western scientific paradigm
  Redefining science education for Native Americans
  Traditional Native American education
  Science learning and the creative process
  Ethnoscience, a Native American perspective
  Indigenous science: an overview
  The Native American learner
  Border crossings
  The curriculum design as metaphor
  The courses
  The power of myth and story
  Teaching Native American students
  Wholism and the general systems theory
  Systems theory as mirrored in Native American ritual and myth
  Teaching strategies
  Building bridges of understanding.