Alternative Forms of Knowing (in) Mathematics : Celebrations of Diversity of Mathematical Practices /

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. Starting from the position that mathematics is a human construction, implying that it cann...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mukhopadhyay, Swapna (Editor ), Roth, Wolff-Michael, 1953- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam ; Boston ; Taipei : Sense Publishers, [2012]
Colección:New directions in mathematics and science education.
Temas:
Mathematics > Social aspects.
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
Multicultural education.
Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement.
Éducation interculturelle.
MATHEMATICS > Study & Teaching.
Education.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Mathematics > Social aspects
Mathematics > Study and teaching
Multicultural education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Celebrating Diversity, Realizing Alternatives: An Introduction / Brian Greer, Swapna Mukhopadhyay, & Wolff-Michael Roth
  • PART I. MATHEMATICS AND POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE
  • Introduction
  • 1. Mathematics and Accounting in the Andes before and after the Spanish Conquest / Gary Urton
  • 2. Contemporary Indigenous Education: Thoughts for American Indian Education in a 21st-Century World / Gregory Cajete
  • 3. Crisis as a Discursive Frame in Mathematics Education Research and Reform: Implications for Educating Black Children / Delaina Washington, Zayoni Torres, Maisie Gholson, & Danny Bernard Martin
  • 4. Whose Language is it? Reflections on Mathematics Education and Language Diversity from Two Contexts / Marta Civil & Núria Planas.
  • PART II. ETHNOMATHEMATICS
  • Introduction
  • 5. Consulting the Divine: The (Ethno)mathematics of Divination / John Kellermeier
  • 6. Map-Making in São Paulo, Southern Brazil: Colonial History, Social Diversity, and Indigenous Peoples' Rights / Mariana Leal Ferreira
  • 7. Developing an Alternative Learning Trajectory for Rational Number Reasoning, Geometry, and Measuring based on Indigenous Knowledge / Jerry Lipka, Monica Wong, Dora Andrew-Ihrke, & Evelyn Yanez
  • 8. In Seeking a Holistic Tool for Ethnomathematics: Reflections on Using Ethnomodeling as a Pedagogical Action for Uncovering Ethnomathematical Practices / Daniel Clark Orey & Milton Rosa
  • 9. From Ethnomathematics to Ethnocomputing: Indigenous Algorithms in Traditional Context & Contemporary Simulation / Bill Babbitt, Dan Lyles, & Ron Eglash.
  • PART III. LEARNING TO SEE MATHEMATICALLY
  • Introduction
  • 10. The Work of Seeing Mathematically / Wolff-Michael Roth
  • 11. Running the Numbers: A Conversation / Chris Jordan
  • 12. To Know How to See: The Realities of Learning and Teaching Mathematics / Frank Swetz.
  • PART IV. MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • Introduction
  • 13. Quantitative Form in Argument / Marilyn Frankenstein
  • 14. Connecting Community, Critical, and Classical Knowledge in Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice / Rico Gutstein
  • Epilogue: Why Bother about Diversity of Mathematical Practices? / Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Wolff-Michael Roth, & Brian Greer.

Ejemplares similares