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Open research questions in Indigenous and Place-Based Education

318 gap statements mined from Indigenous and Place-Based Education papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 4,518 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Future research could explore the longitudinal effects of such interventions and examine adaptations across diverse educational settings to ensure that PBE is accessible, relevant, and impactful for all learners.

    Cultivating Sense of Place Through Place-Based Education: An Innovative Approach to Education for Sustainability in a Thai Primary School · 2025 · DOI

  • Importantly, these tools will enable teachers to make use of the school’s existing resources, lessening the need for off-site field trips and costly transportation and ensuring inclusivity and equitable access for all students. Each technology allows for many lessons that can be tailored to grade level and topic.

    Technology and K-12 Environmental Education in Ontario, Canada: Teacher Perceptions and Recommendations · 2024 · DOI

  • Future research could examine the ways in which scaffolding could be added to such an agentic environment to preserve agency while also supporting both the depth and the breadth of the mathematical explorations.

    Spatial and Epistemic Agency When Engaging with Math Walks at a STEM Residential Camp · 2026 · DOI

  • Although intervention curriculum can enhance student ethnic identity, the main local challenge comes in that the local economic opportunities are limited to agriculture, forestry, and tourism.

    'Community sensemaking': community-based participatory research to develop Indigenous adolescents' ethnic identity by integrating Rukai TEK of water within a STEAM curriculum · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore whether upper elementary students perceive leaving their hometowns as a threat to their ethnic identity or as an opportunity for personal growth.

    'Community sensemaking': community-based participatory research to develop Indigenous adolescents' ethnic identity by integrating Rukai TEK of water within a STEAM curriculum · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research is needed with a more balanced practitioner and researcher sample, a larger sample, and contributions from all other relevant stakeholders, such as students and school assistants. Research–practice partnership in education: Outcomes, dynamics, and open questions.

    Creating Transformative Research–Practice Partnership in Collaboration with School, City, and University Actors · 2024 · DOI

  • Additional research into personal ICT and educational pedagogy pre- and post-pandemic would be instructive.

    Technology and K-12 Environmental Education in Ontario, Canada: Teacher Perceptions and Recommendations · 2024 · DOI

  • This study is limited by the small number of participants and one ADJT community, making it impossible to generalize the findings.

    Understanding basic literacy and numeracy learning in Jambi’s indigenous forest communities for the development of indigenous pedagogy policy · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should explore similar initiatives in other Indonesian provinces or undertake cross-national comparisons.

    Integrating Local Knowledge into Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Curriculum Innovation in Aceh, Indonesia · 2025 · DOI

  • One limitation of this study is that there were only four states included in this study, and these states are all from a single country.

    Defining Rural: Rural Teachers’ Perspectives and Experiences · 2024 · DOI

  • The study highlights the challenges of limited resources and unrealistic expectations in rural settings.

    Educator resilience in multigrade rural farm schools in KwaZulu-Natal: An exploratory case study · 2026 · DOI

  • While this study offers valuable insights, it also points to several avenues for future research. Longitudinal studies are needed to explore the long-term effects of project-based learning, collaborative teaching, and technology integration on student outcomes in rural settings.

    Empowering Rural Education: A Transformative Approach Through Action Research, Innovative Pedagogy, And Technology Integration for Student Engagement and Achievement · 2026 · DOI

  • Limited resources. Insufficient culturally responsive pedagogies. The need to balance traditional knowledge with contemporary educational requirements.

    Indigenous Teacher Education in Sonora, Mexico · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of culturally responsive pedagogies in teacher education. The insufficient integration of traditional knowledge and language in teacher preparation programs.

    Indigenous Teacher Education in Sonora, Mexico · 2026 · DOI

  • The review highlights a persistent limitation: while community-based literacy approaches frequently invited participation and rich meaning-making, fewer studies attended to how such practices were sustained through ongoing or embedded triadic arrangements involving people, places, and texts. The review identifies a gap in the literature regarding the sustainability of community-based literacy initiatives.

    Storytelling and literacy practices in community - bringing together place, people and texts · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the impact of STEM education on marginalized groups. Future studies could investigate the effectiveness of different strategies for promoting equity in STEM education. Further research could examine the role of discourse analysis in understanding the messaging presented by STEM education providers.

    Equity-Focused Possibilities for New Interpretations of STEM Education: A Discourse Analysis of STEM Education Across Three Sectors in a Canadian Region · 2026 · DOI

  • The study recognizes that the confusion surrounding the definition of STEM has not changed greatly over time. The study aims to address this gap by exploring the discourses presented by public school boards and equity-focused informal STEM education programs.

    Equity-Focused Possibilities for New Interpretations of STEM Education: A Discourse Analysis of STEM Education Across Three Sectors in a Canadian Region · 2026 · DOI

  • The authors suggest that future research should focus on understanding the concept of rurality in rural education research. The authors argue that future research should aim to provide examples of rural education research and its challenges.

    What’s Rural about Rural Education Research? · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in accessing higher education between regional, rural, and remote areas and metropolitan areas. The study aims to address this gap by exploring the significance of place in the success of Regional Hubs as an equity tool.

    The role of place in the widening participation functions of Regional University Study Hubs · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap is the need for more effective initiatives to prepare teachers for non-metropolitan areas. The gap is the lack of understanding of the experiences of preservice teachers, teacher educators, and school staff in non-metropolitan areas.

    Beyond window shopping · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of recognition of the significant work created by philanthropic initiatives for academic and professional staff. The need to explore the complex and often precarious role academics play in facilitating philanthropic initiatives. The risk of philanthropic initiatives being unsustainable in the absence of institutional support and workload recognition.

    The hidden work of giving · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in the literature on rural youth experiences in elite institutions. The book seeks to address this gap by shedding light on the challenges and opportunities faced by rural youth.

    Mara Tieken (2025). Educated Out: How Rural Students Navigate Elite Colleges – And What it Costs Them. The University of Chicago Press. · 2026 · DOI

  • The data collected is very subjective to the participants. The study is limited to early career teachers in regional, rural, and remote locations in Australia.

    A picture paints a thousand words · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in addressing environmental justice as social justice in teacher preparation - There is a need for critical forest-based pedagogies that consider the pedagogical implications of forest…

    “In Community with a Tree”: A Collaborative Narrative Inquiry on Forest Therapy’s Embodied Pedagogies · 2026 · DOI

  • The authors identify the challenge of rural teacher recruitment. The authors note that systems and school structures often fail to adequately prepare rural young people for future work. The authors discuss the concept of 'spatial injustice' in the context of rural education.

    What’s Rural about Rural Education Research? · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research could examine the ways in which scaffolding could be added to such an agentic environment to preserve agency while also supporting both the depth and the breadth of the mathematical explorations (“Spatial and Epistemic Agency When Engaging with Math Walks at a STEM…”, 2026); (2) Future research could explore whether upper elementary students perceive leaving their hometowns as a threat to their ethnic identity or as an opportunity for personal growth (“'Community sensemaking': community-based participatory research to develop…”, 2026); (3) Longitudinal studies are needed to explore the long-term effects of project-based learning, collaborative teaching, and technology integration on student outcomes in rural settings (“Empowering Rural Education: A Transformative Approach Through Action Research,…”, 2026); (4) The lack of culturally responsive pedagogies in teacher education (“Indigenous Teacher Education in Sonora, Mexico”, 2026); (5) Future research could explore the impact of STEM education on marginalized groups (“Equity-Focused Possibilities for New Interpretations of STEM Education: A…”, 2026). 318 gap statements have been mined from Indigenous and Place-Based Education papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 4,518 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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