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Ethnomathematics : challenging Eurocentrism in mathematics education / / Arthur B. Powell, Marilyn Frankenstein, editors |
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Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1997 |
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©1997 |
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1-4384-1641-5 |
0-585-07569-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 440 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PowellArthur B |
FrankensteinMarilyn |
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Ethnomathematics |
Eurocentrism |
Mathematics - Study and teaching |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD by U. D'Ambrosio; INTRODUCTION by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; SECTION I: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; 1. Ethnomathematics and its Place in the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics by Ubiratan D'Ambrosio; 2. Ethnomathematics by Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher; SECTION II: UNCOVERING DISTORTED AND HIDDEN HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; 3. Foundations of Eurocentrism in Mathematics by George Gheverghese Joseph |
4. Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science by Martin Bernal; 5. Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History by Beatrice Lumpkin; SECTION III: CONSIDERING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CULTURE AND MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; 6. The Myth of the Deprived Child: New Thoughts on Poor Children by Herbert P. Ginsburg; 7. Mathematics and Social Interests by Brian Martin; 8. Marx and Mathematics by Dirk J. Struik; SECTION IV: RECONSIDERING WHAT COUNTS AS MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE by |
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Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein |
9. Difference, Cognition, and Mathematics Education by Valerie Walkerdine; 10. An Example of Traditional Women's Work as a Mathematics Resource by Mary Harris; 11. On Culture, Geometrical Thinking and Mathematics Education by Paulus Gerdes; SECTION V: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL PRAXIS IN THE CURRICULUM by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; 12. Ethnomathematics and Education by Marcelo C. Borba; 13. Mathematics, Culture, and Authority by Munir Fasheh; 14. Worldmath Curriculum: Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics by S. E. Anderson; 15. World Cultures in the Mathematics Class by Claudia Zaslavsky |
SECTION VI: ETHNOMATHEMATICAL RESEARCH by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein; 16. Survey of Current Work on Ethnomathematics by Paulus Gerdes; 17. Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences by Rik Pinxten; 18. An Ethnomathematical Approach in Mathematical Education: A Matter of Political Power by Gelsa Knijnik; AFTERWORD by Gloria E Gilmer; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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