Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education

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Arthur B. Powell, Marilyn Frankenstein
SUNY Press, 1997 M01 1 - 440 páginas
This collection brings together classic, previously published articles and new research to present the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education. The contributors identify several of the field's broad themes--reconsidering what counts as mathematical knowledge, considering interactions between culture and mathematical knowledge, and uncovering hidden and distorted histories of mathematical knowledge. The book offers a diversity of ethnomathematics perspectives that develop both theoretical and practical issues from various disciplines including mathematics, mathematics education, history, anthropology, cognitive psychology, feminist studies, and African studies written by authors from Brazil, England, Australia, Mozambique, Palestine, Belgium, and the United States.

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Introduction Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
1
Section I Ethnomathematical Knowledge Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
5
Ethnomathematics and its Place in the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Ubiratan D Ambrosio
13
Ethnomathematics Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher
25
Uncovering Distorted and Hidden History of Mathematical Knowledge Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
51
Foundations of Eurocentrism in Mathematics George Gheverghese Joseph
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Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science Martin Bernal
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Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History Beatrice Lumpkin
101
On Culture Geometrical Thinking and Mathematics Education Paulus Gerdes
223
Ethnomathematical Praxis in the Curriculum Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
249
Ethnomathematics and Education Marcelo C Borba
261
Mathematics Culture and Authority Munir Fasheh
273
Worldmath Curriculum Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics S E Anderson
291
World Cultures in the Mathematics Class Claudia Zaslavsky
307
Ethnomathematical Research Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
321
Survey of Current Work on Ethnomathematics Paulus Gerdes
331

Considering Interactions Between Culture and Mathematical Knowledge Arthur B Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein
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The Myth of the Deprived Child New Thoughts on Poor Children Herbert P Ginsburg
129
Mathematics and Social Interests Brian Martin
155
Marx and Mathematics Dirk J Struik
173
Difference Cognition and Mathematics Education Valerie Walkerdine
201
An Example of Traditional Womens Work as a Mathematics Resource Mary Harris
215
Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences Rik Pinxten
373
An Ethnomathematical Approach in Mathematical Education A Matter of Political Power Gelsa Knijnik
403
Afterword Gloria F Gilmer
411
Contributors
419
Index
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Arthur B. Powell is Associate Professor in the Academic Foundations Department at Rutgers University-Newark. He has coauthored Math: A Rich Heritage, translated Sona Geometry: Reflections on the Tradition of Sand Drawings in Africa South of the Equator, and cotranslated Sipatsi: Technology, Art and Geometry in Inhambane.

Marilyn Frankenstein is Professor at the Center for Applied Language and Mathematics, College of Public and Community Service at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She has also written Basic Algebra and Relearning Mathematics: A Different Third R-Radical Maths. Together, they are co-founders of the Criticalmathematics Educators Group and members of the Radical Teacher Editorial Collective.

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