03746nam 2200553 a 450 991081046620332120200520144314.01-4384-1641-50-585-07569-7(CKB)111004366808036(EBL)3407014(OCoLC)42855885(MiAaPQ)EBC3407014(EXLCZ)9911100436680803619960607d1997 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEthnomathematics challenging eurocentrism in mathematics education /edited by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc19971 online resource (xxi, 440 pages) illustrationsSUNY series, reform in mathematics education0-7914-3351-X 0-7914-3352-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Joseph4. 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 Frankenstein9. 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 ZaslavskySECTION 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; INDEXSUNY series, reform in mathematics education.EthnomathematicsMathematicsStudy and teachingEurocentrismEthnomathematics.MathematicsStudy and teaching.Eurocentrism.510/.7Powell Arthur B284202Frankenstein Marilyn1703087MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810466203321Ethnomathematics4088041UNINA