The papers in the book aim to discuss the following issues in the area of ethnomathematics: 1. What is the relationship between ethnomathematics, mathematics and anthropology, and the politics of mathematics education? 2. What evidence is there, and how do we get more, that school programmes incorporating ethnomathematical ideas succeed in achieving their (ethnomathematical) aims? 3. What are the implications of existing ethnomathematical studies for mathematics and mathematics education? 4. What is the relationship of different languages (or other cultural features) to the production of different sorts of mathematics? In particular, we refer to the following paper by the editor: PILOTING THE SOFTWARE SONAPOLYGONALS_1.0: A DIDACTIC PROPOSAL FOR THE GCD Laura Maffei and Franco Favilli Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa - Italy Abstract In the paper we present a didactic unit designed within a research project on Arithmetic. The unit objective is to introduce the notion of the Greatest Common Divisor through sona, sand drawings from African culture, and their representation by an appropriate software. A brief description of the project framework, the practice of the sona and the guidelines of the didactic proposal, as well as a sketch of the main characteristics of the SonaPolygonals_1.0 software are presented. The first findings of a pilot project at a few second grade lower secondary schools in Italy will be also discussed in the DG15.
Ethnomathematics and Mathematics Education
FAVILLI, FRANCO;
2006-01-01
Abstract
The papers in the book aim to discuss the following issues in the area of ethnomathematics: 1. What is the relationship between ethnomathematics, mathematics and anthropology, and the politics of mathematics education? 2. What evidence is there, and how do we get more, that school programmes incorporating ethnomathematical ideas succeed in achieving their (ethnomathematical) aims? 3. What are the implications of existing ethnomathematical studies for mathematics and mathematics education? 4. What is the relationship of different languages (or other cultural features) to the production of different sorts of mathematics? In particular, we refer to the following paper by the editor: PILOTING THE SOFTWARE SONAPOLYGONALS_1.0: A DIDACTIC PROPOSAL FOR THE GCD Laura Maffei and Franco Favilli Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa - Italy Abstract In the paper we present a didactic unit designed within a research project on Arithmetic. The unit objective is to introduce the notion of the Greatest Common Divisor through sona, sand drawings from African culture, and their representation by an appropriate software. A brief description of the project framework, the practice of the sona and the guidelines of the didactic proposal, as well as a sketch of the main characteristics of the SonaPolygonals_1.0 software are presented. The first findings of a pilot project at a few second grade lower secondary schools in Italy will be also discussed in the DG15.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
