Grafemos: Design for Complexity Education Based on Maya-Kaqchikel and Western Perspectives

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dc.contributor.advisorSengupta, Pratim
dc.contributor.authorLam-Herrera, Marilu
dc.contributor.committeememberShanahan, Marie-Claire
dc.contributor.committeememberTakeuchi, Miwa
dc.date2022-06
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-04T17:32:16Z
dc.date.available2022-05-04T17:32:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractAmid growing interest in the Learning Sciences in issues of ethical and axiological perspectives in educational design, this dissertation seeks to contribute to the literature on complex systems and computational modeling in K-12 education. This work Highlights Guatemala's Non-Western narratives, ethical-historical concerns, educational dignity, and traditional representational Maya practices that informed and re-shaped the design and practice of modeling technologies (computational and non-computational) for complex systems education. This work is informed and advised by the Ixkoj Ajkem Community Council, a Mayan cultural organization that protects the Mayan Weaving Art. I illustrate how teachers engaged in and designed complexity modeling activities for education, integrating traditional ways of life and knowing –while centering dignity and ethical-historical perspectives and concerns with Western practices. My findings illustrate how teachers engaged in Embodied, Computational, and Physical modeling and designed multi-modal representations of interconnectedness in understanding complex, emergent phenomena by centering their traditional and more-than-human epistemologies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLam-Herrera, M. (2022). Grafemos: design for complexity education based on Maya-Kaqchikel and western perspectives (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39734
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114614
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Educationen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectComplexity educationen_US
dc.subjectMayanen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectdecolonizationen_US
dc.subjectethicsen_US
dc.subjecteducational dignityen_US
dc.subjectSTEM educationen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducationen_US
dc.titleGrafemos: Design for Complexity Education Based on Maya-Kaqchikel and Western Perspectivesen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEducation Graduate Program – Educational Researchen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
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