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This paper briefly describes two unusual curriculum plans: the Imagining Nature Project at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria, Australia and the Native Eyes Project at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico Among other things, both projects entail the teaching of science and technology studies to non-science majors of highly diverse cultural origin. Both projects also incorporate innovative strategies designed to make science and technology more credible and relevant to indigenous people.
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Chambers, D.W. Seeing a World in a Grain of Sand: Science Teaching in Multicultural Context. Science & Education 8, 633–644 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008788327608
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