NCSCE’s journal Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal (SECEIJ.net) features a special form hosted by The Indigenous Knowledges, Encouragements, Engagements, and Experiences (’IKE) Alliance for Transforming STEM Education
This special forum is a collection of interviews, research articles, project reports, and policy papers from members of the ‘IKE Alliance, a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and leaders from Hawai‘i to the East Coast of Turtle Island (the continental United States) who support and facilitate increasing participation of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (NAAN-NHPI) students in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (STEM). The ‘IKE Alliance is the outcome of a more than a decade-long collaboration among the editors and the contributors, a collaboration that began with NCSCE’s “Transcending Barriers To Success” project, funded by the Wm. M. Keck Foundation. As a collective, we have grappled with the challenges, barriers, and possibilities associated with transforming the Indigenous STEM student experience. ‘IKE, the acronym for this Alliance (The Indigenous Knowledges, Encouragements, Engagements, and Experiences), is the Hawaiian term for knowledge. It also means to know, understand, experience, and recognize. Its use grounds the ‘IKE Alliance in the distinct Indigenous worldviews of the NAAN-NHPI students it supports.