David E K Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 198294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David E K Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | David E K |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH D E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Idaho Moscow Idaho USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6943-7179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultivating relationships for Indigenous futures
This article analyzes the efforts of Cultivating Relationships Collaborative partnering with teachers and Tribes to integrate Indigenous and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school knowledge, a project of re-learning, un-learning, and the development of Indigenous Land pedagogies with kindergarten to year 12 (K-12) public educators. Cultivating Relationships Collaborative is a co-designed yearlong teacher professional certificate…
Resetting a heartbeat
I examine the educational properties of Iñupiaq songs and dances showing how they convey critical cultural knowledge, practical skills, and teach the value system of the Iñupiaq people. The practice of Alaska Native dance, a fundamental pedagogical strategy, was limited for 100 years by oppressive colonial forces. Framed in revitalization efforts, I argue for working against this loss through including song and dance in all educational contexts a…
Look to the ravens
The academic idea of a community of practice—a group of people who come together to share and learn from one another—has been used to understand learning structures in a wide array of fields. This conceptual framework, however, is rooted in human exceptionalism, considering anything other-than-human to be a resource instead of an active and critical participant. Working to remove this anthropocentric language and better fit with Indigenous episte…
Look to the ravens
The academic idea of a community of practice—a group of people who come together to share and learn from one another—has been used to understand learning structures in a wide array of fields. This conceptual framework, however, is rooted in human exceptionalism, considering anything other-than-human to be a resource instead of an active and critical participant. Working to remove this anthropocentric language and better fit with Indigenous episte…
Look to the ravens
The academic idea of a community of practice—a group of people who come together to share and learn from one another—has been used to understand learning structures in a wide array of fields. This conceptual framework, however, is rooted in human exceptionalism, considering anything other-than-human to be a resource instead of an active and critical participant. Working to remove this anthropocentric language and better fit with Indigenous episte…
Cultivating relationships for Indigenous futures
This article analyzes the efforts of Cultivating Relationships Collaborative partnering with teachers and Tribes to integrate Indigenous and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school knowledge, a project of re-learning, un-learning, and the development of Indigenous Land pedagogies with kindergarten to year 12 (K-12) public educators. Cultivating Relationships Collaborative is a co-designed yearlong teacher professional certificate…
Resetting a heartbeat
I examine the educational properties of Iñupiaq songs and dances showing how they convey critical cultural knowledge, practical skills, and teach the value system of the Iñupiaq people. The practice of Alaska Native dance, a fundamental pedagogical strategy, was limited for 100 years by oppressive colonial forces. Framed in revitalization efforts, I argue for working against this loss through including song and dance in all educational contexts a…
Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropocentrism (1 work) · Art (1 work)