Indigenous Knowledges in Science Education: Two-way learning and inquiry-based approaches with Torres Webb and Dr Anne Forbes

Indigenous Knowledges in Science Education:  Two-way learning and inquiry-based approaches with Torres Webb and Dr Anne Forbes

 

Dr Anne Forbes from Macquarie University and proud Far North Queenslander and Indigenous man from the Torres Strait, Torres Webb from CSIRO co-created this YarnPod to share their stories and perspectives related to science education.

In this Yarnpod, Torres and Anne explore how Indigenous and Western science knowledges can be used together in science education, and why inquiry-based approaches and practices are important in learning and teaching.

 

They delve into the ecosystems through which Torres participates in the world, and unearth how 2-way learning participation involves coming in with no preconceived ideas and using 'listening to understand'.

 

"For me, what I've learnt is that multiple perspectives can be at play, it's not one or another, it's both, and there's great opportunity, especially for us here in Australia in bridging reconciliation and bringing all of the knowledges and knowledge systems together, where they keep their own identity but they can be woven together strong, to create a strong future... and it reminds me of our traditional practices here, and how we weave a basket and a basket as a collection of knowledge, each of those strands have their own strength and how taut they are and strong, but to make that basket and to carry that knowledge forward you bring those individual identities of knowledges together and weave them together to make it a really strong, useful basket" ~ Torres Webb

 

We hope that you find the YarnPod to be a useful and interesting way to engage with science this week and beyond.

 

Read more about Torres Webb and Dr Anne Forbes.

CSIRO's Science Pathways for Indigenous Communities

Exploring two-way science in Australian curriculum - Illustrations of Practice