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Rekindling Traditions:
Cross–Cultural Science & Technology Units

Our Goals

1. To make Western science and engineering accessible to Aboriginal students in ways that nurture their own cultural identities as Aboriginal people living in a multicultural country; that is, students are not expected to set aside their culture's view of the world when they study science at school.
2. To respect the community's Aboriginal knowledge — an Aboriginal way of knowing — by involving community people in the development and modification of units for school science, in a way that ensures validity and authenticity to their perspective.

Our Objectives

1. To produce teaching materials and instruction/assessment methods that:
   • exemplify cross–cultural teaching for Aboriginal students in grades 6–11,
   • engage students in both Aboriginal and Western sciences and technologies.
2. To develop a process for reformulating teaching materials and instruction/assessment methods taken from other places, so that they are culturally sensitive and responsive to an individual community. This process involves people in the community working collaboratively with science teachers.
3. To inspire others to continue this work.

Our Web Site

For more information on the project, you're invited to visit our web site, maintained by the College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan: http://capes.usask.ca/ccstu