An Emerging Decolonizing Science Education in Canada

The article describes developments in science education since 2006 related to an agenda to decolonize the Pan-Canadian Science Framework by recognizing Indigenous knowledge as being foundational to understanding the physical world. Of particular interest is the Province of Saskatchewan’s curriculum renewal that integrates Indigenous knowledge into school science, guided by continuous collaboration with Saskatchewan’s Indigenous communities and with a textbook publisher to support a decolonizing, place-based, culturally responsive science instruction.RésuméL’article présente les développements en enseignement des sciences depuis 2006, liés à une volonté de décoloniser le Cadre scientifique pancanadien grâce à la reconnaissance des savoirs autochtones comme fondements essentiels pour la compréhension du monde physique. Soulignons en particulier le nouveau curriculum de la Saskatchewan, qui intègre les savoirs autochtones à l’enseignement des sciences à l’école, et bénéficie d’une collaboration continue aussi bien avec les communautés autochtones de cette province qu’avec une maison d’édition pédagogique œuvrant en faveur d’un enseignement des sciences décolonisé, ancré dans le milieu et culturellement responsable.

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