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Math TLC Seminar3-24-2010
Ethnomathematics
ObjectivesBecome familiar with several definitions of
ethnomathematicsInteract with several ethnomathematics
examplesUnderstand why it is important to the Math
TLCHave a list of ethnomathematics resources
to support course development
What is it?
AscherThe study of mathematical ideas of traditional peoples
Inca QuipuRetrieved from
http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/tax-math-inca-style/
3-23-2010
Time to ExploreMSP Net
Math TLC Working group Seminar Series-Spring 2010File ManagerEthnomathematics 3-24-20101. Sona Drawings2. Warlpiri Kin Relations3. Egyptian Activity
Identify someone in your group to report out 1 or 2 points you talked about
Ubi D’Ambrosioa professional mathematician and
philosopher“recognized for bringing the significance of
ethnomathematics as a viable research field to the attention of mathematics education” in 1985
From a book review in ZDM Mathematics Education (2008) 40:1033–1034 by H. Burkhardt of Ethnomathematics: Link between traditions and modernity. D’Ambrosio (2006). (A. Kepple, Trans.)
Ethno-mathema-tics‘Ethno' refers to identifiable cultural groups,
such as national-tribal societies, labor groups, children of a certain age bracket, professional classes, etc. and includes their ideologies, language, daily practices, and their specific ways of reasoning and inferring.
'Mathema' here means to explain, understand and manage reality specifically by ciphering, counting, measuring, classifying, ordering, inferring and modeling patterns arising in the environment.
The suffix 'tics' means art or technique.
International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 1, December 1995.
Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematical techniques used by identifiable cultural groups such as indigenous societies, groups of workers, professional classes, and groups of children of a certain age group, etc in understanding, explaining, and managing problems and activities arising in their own environment.
An ExampleProfessional basketball players estimate
angles and distances Truck drivers estimate angles and distances Both are identifiable cultural groups that
use mathematics in their daily work. They have their own language and specific
ways of obtaining these estimates and ethnomathematicians study their techniques.
Time to ChatWhat are some ways that you see
mathematical ideas playing out in the word around you?
Kerala’s role in calculusKerala Mathematics and Its Possible
Transmission to Europe by D. F. Almeida & G.G. Joseph in Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal (20) (2007, June)
Eurocentrism in the History of Mathematics: The Case of the Kerala School by D. F. Almeida & G.G. Joseph in Race Class 2004; 45
The Philosophy of Mathematics, Values and Keralese Mathematics by Paul Ernest in THE MONTANA MATHEMATICS ENTHUSIAST Vol.4, no.2, pp.138-267
Time to ChatGive yourself 2-3 minute to skim bits of the
article and 3-4 minutes to discuss as a group.
Assign someone to report back 1 or 2 points from your discussion.
Why Ethnomathematics?Commitment to culturally responsive
teachingLearning mathematical content from ethnically and
culturally diverse origins increases teachers’ effectiveness with culturally and ethnically diverse students (Gay, 2000)
Offering academic knowledge and skills “situated within the lived experiences and frames of reference of students” (Gay, 2000) leads to more personally meaningful experience and more readily and thoroughly learned mathematics.
Showing math as a culturally rich subject
Questions
Ethnomathematics Resourceshttp://sites.google.com/site/ethnomathema
tics/