In this truly one-of-a-kind book, Ascher introduces the mathematical ideas of people in traditional, or "small-scale", cultures often omitted from discussion of mathematics. Topics such as "Numbers: Words and Symbols", "Tracing Graphs in the Sand", "The Logic of Kin Relations", "Chance and Strategy in Games and Puzzles", and "The Organization and Modeling of Space" are traced in various cultures including the Inuit, Navajo, and Iroquois of North America; the Inca of South America; the Malekula, Warlpiri, Maori, and Caroline Islanders of Oceania, and the Tshokwe, Bushoong, and Kpelle of Africa. As Ascher explores mathematical ideas involving numbers, logic, spatial configuration, and the organization of these into systems and structures, readers gain both a broader understanding and anappreciation for the idease of other peoples.
The debates outlined in this book share a few of the key ideas that provide for a clearer understanding of the field of ethnomathematics and its current state of the art by discussing its pedagogical actions, its contributions for teacher ...
Language games, discursive practices and truth production: contributions to contemporary (mathematical) education, Special Edition (Vol. ... Alternative theoretical frameworks for mathematics education research: Theory meets data.
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His references to instances of this “concrete method of numbering,” particularly in relation to body counting, include methods used in the Torres Strait. Lévy-Bruhl describes the body-counting process that renders 21, although “the toes ...
Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching.
This book belongs on the shelves of mathematicians, math students, and math educators, and in the hands of anyone interested in traditional societies or how people think.
This book grew out of a public lecture series, Alternative forms of knowledge construction in mathematics, conceived and organized by the first editor, and held annually at Portland State University from 2006.
This illuminating book provides a nontraditional, evidence-based approach to mathematics that promotes diversity and respect for cultural heritages.
Before the wedding, the groom pays the bride's father an agreed bride price for his future spouse. One of the institutions, which contradicts the accepted norms of western society, but is considered legitimate in the Bedouin society, ...