Abstract
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara of Who’s asking? Native Science, Western Science and Science Education By Douglas L. Medin and Megan Bang
Highlights
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Istituto di Ricerche Interdisciplinari sulla Sostenibilità, Torino, Italy
Medin teaches Psychology, Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University and investigates mental models of nature round the Menominee Nation, which belongs to the Chicago Indian community
Medin and Bang conduct their research addressing the lack of diverse insights as a major endangerment for science education and observing how diversity providing new perspectives leads to a more effective perception
Summary
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica and Istituto di Ricerche Interdisciplinari sulla Sostenibilità, Torino, Italy. The authors of Who’s Asking confute the Western reconstruction of scientific reality as the only possible way to appreciate the world and the human dimension. Both authors are educators: Megan Bang currently teaches Learning Sciences and Human Development at Washington University, and she was previously the director of education at the American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago.
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