Dominant Paradigms

Scientific method

Evidence/explanation in physical world

Understanding how

Education at school

formal education

Media

Written tradition

Part to whole

Hypothesis

falsification

Skepticism

Education through life

Language (metaphor)

Nature/ecology

Oral history/stories (generally not documented)

Tradition and inherited wisdom

Holistic

Locally bound

Closely related to survival

Culture and context- specific

Non-formal

Practical applications

The physical and metaphysical world