This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,930 to Montana State University to develop culturally responsive educational approaches and materials for engineering education that incorporate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. The project aims to uniquely incorporate Indigenous wisdom about the design and function of tipis, a traditional Indigenous living structure, to teach students about heat and fluid flow control. This will allow for the indigenization of engineering education by centering Indigenous knowledge and bridging the gap between Western and Native approaches. The project will collect data on airflow through tipis, investigate the impact on student learning, and disseminate the findings through conferences, publications, and public outreach events. The goal is to provide a template for faculty to thoughtfully and effectively incorporate Indigenous content into their engineering classrooms.
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