I think that scientific/ mathematical terminologies are used for the purpose of common understanding in a certain community of people. As stated in the article: “the Potawatomi understanding of what it means to be animate diverges from the list of attributes of living beings we all learned in Biology 101. In Potawatomi 101, rocks are animate, as are mountains and water and fire and places. Beings that are imbued with spirit, our sacred medicines, our songs, drums, and even stories, are all animate....of apple, we must say, “ Who is that being?” And reply Mshimin yawe. Apple that being is.” Due to different understanding of objects, one may have different approaches to terminologies. Westerners learn the terminologies we have for all the “objects” and define them as “inanimate” things. However, the Indigenous people may think otherwise. Terminologies in a way determines the stance we have when dealing with nature. As stated, "The language is the heart of our culture; it hol...
This looks very interesting - it looks as though you started with explorations of how to understand the students as people, and empathise with their struggles and insecurities. Do you feel that you were able to apply those ideas within your practicum? (it may have been difficult, due to the context of the pandemic -- this was not a typical school year -- relationship development may have been challenging)
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