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Multimathemacy: Anthropology and Mathematics Education
Rik Pinxten
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Hardback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
This book defends that math education should systematically start out from the diverse out-of-school knowledge of children and develop trajectories from there to the Academic Mathematics tower of knowledge. Learning theories of the sociocultural school (Vygotsky and on) are used here, and ethnographic knowledge from around the world is shown to offer a rich and varied base for curricula. The book takes a political stand against the exclusively western focus in OECD analyses and proposals on math education.
This book defends that math education should systematically start out from the diverse out-of-school knowledge of children and develop trajectories from there to the Academic Mathematics tower of knowledge. Learning theories of the sociocultural school (Vygotsky and on) are used here, and ethnographic knowledge from around the world is shown to offer a rich and varied base for curricula. The book takes a political stand against the exclusively western focus in OECD analyses and proposals on math education.
This book aims at agents in education and social actions in every cultural environment. But it is also attractive to mathematicians, ... Read more
Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, UNICAMP/Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319262536
SKU
V9783319262536
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