Promoting sense of place and culture in science: a study of the effectiveness of a cross-cultural, marine science curriculum through experiential exploration

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dc.contributor.authorAshurst, David H.
dc.contributor.supervisorSnively, Gloria
dc.contributor.supervisorKool, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-28T23:05:37Z
dc.date.available2009-08-28T23:05:37Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-08-28T23:05:37Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents the development, implementation and evaluation of a cross-cultural, experiential marine program that occurred in 2007 at a Senior High School in Sooke, British Columbia. The program consisted of a field-intensive, marine curriculum that acknowledged the contributions of Aboriginal science (Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom) as complementary to Western science, when understanding and monitoring the coastal environment. Students of both Aboriginal (N= 8) and non-Aboriginal (N= 11) heritage were surveyed before and after instruction of theirknowledge and beliefs about marine science and Aboriginal culture. Prior to instruction,students tended to have positive opinions about Aboriginal culture and marine science, although their knowledge in marine ecology and oceanography was not strong. However, students showed a good understanding of human impacts on the environment. An important finding was that after instruction all students, regardless of cultural heritage, gender or previous coursework, gained positively in all measures from the experience.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1688
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectEnvironmentalen
dc.subjectAboriginalen
dc.subjectExperientialen
dc.subjectCross-culturalen
dc.subjectMarineen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Science--Study and teachingen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Education, Secondaryen
dc.titlePromoting sense of place and culture in science: a study of the effectiveness of a cross-cultural, marine science curriculum through experiential explorationen
dc.typeThesisen

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