Repository logo
 

A Postcolonial Discourse Analysis of a Tenth Grade Science Curriculum Guide

dc.contributor.advisorMcKenzie, Marciaen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBattiste, Marieen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBarrett, M.J.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMichell, Hermanen_US
dc.creatorSawyer, Jasonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T22:28:07Z
dc.date.available2013-01-03T22:28:07Z
dc.date.created2011-08en_US
dc.date.issued2012-01-24en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzed the construction of the concepts “science,” “scientific literacy,” and “Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing” in Science 10, Saskatchewan’s tenth-grade school science curriculum guide. The postcolonial discourse analysis revealed several key presuppositions of modern Western (Eurocentric) discourses in the curriculum guide. The construction of “science” and “scientific literacy” revealed assumptions characteristic of modern Western science, while “Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing” were paradoxically constructed as commensurable with but other than “science.” These findings demonstrate that Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing are misunderstood in the curriculum guide. Moreover, the research suggests that thematic content may provide a better point of entry for the integration of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing into mainstream science programs than specific knowledge content (which may not necessarily cross cultural borders). This indicates the need to reconsider the development of multicultural science curricula across culturally diverse borders.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2011-08-281en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectMulticultural scienceen_US
dc.subjectscience curriculumen_US
dc.subjectpostcolonial theoryen_US
dc.subjectcross-cultural curriculumen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectmodern Western scienceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous science.en_US
dc.titleA Postcolonial Discourse Analysis of a Tenth Grade Science Curriculum Guideen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEducational Foundationsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Foundationsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (M.Ed.)en_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
SAWYER-THESIS.pdf
Size:
832.42 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1005 B
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
1_license.txt
Size:
1005 B
Format:
Plain Text
Description: