Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into Western Science Based Environmental Technology Curriculum – An examination,
The potential for integration of Western Scientific Knowledge and TEK in the curriculum of the School of Environment and Geomatics at Selkirk College, Castlegar B.C., is examined in this publication. This paper points out the increasing need for TEK to be integrated more in the curriculum and how the pedagogical shift could benefit the college. Students will be provided with a more holistic and thoughtful framework.
“If a process of beginning to understand Indigenous values can happen while attending school, the graduates from our program may be able to have more effective and meaningful relationships when they begin their careers as environmental technologists”.