Ethnomathematics : challenging eurocentrism in mathematics education / / edited by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810466203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1997
• ISBN: 1-4384-1641-5; 0-585-07569-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 440 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: SUNY series, reform in mathematics education
• Altri autori (Persone): PowellArthur B; FrankensteinMarilyn
• Disciplina: 510/.7
• Soggetti: Ethnomathematics; Mathematics - Study and teaching; Eurocentrism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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