Evolution of a dream: the emergence of Mayan ethnomathematics and indigenous ways of knowing at a Mayan autonomous school in Chiapas, Mexico
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Hirsch-Dubin, Faviana.
Resumen
My four year collaborative teaching and ethnographic study took place at a Mayan autonomous secondary school in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico from July 2000 to July 2003. Over that time, a process of mutual conscientization and intercultural dialogue allowed a Mayan ethnomathematics perspective to emerge in a manner consistent with indigenous ways of knowing. My presentation will offer illustrative evidence of how and why Mayan ethnomathematics developed at an autonomous school that itself was the product of a resistance movement and a dream for a dignified future for Mayan youth. Within this unique set of historical, social and political circumstances, a collaborative teaching project was initiated whose focus was Mayan ethno-mathematics as ancient practices, contemporary approaches to solving problems, and artistic expressions as part of daily life in Highland Mayan communities of Chiapas.
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2006
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Etnomatemática | Historia de la Educación Matemática | Reflexión sobre la enseñanza | Situado sociocultural | Sociopolíticos
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Educación media, bachillerato, secundaria superior (16 a 18 años) | Educación secundaria básica (12 a 16 años)
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Domite, Maria | Gorgorió, Núria | Liblik, Ana Maria | Martins, Berlane | Poisard, Caroline
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Domite, Maria, Gorgorió, Nuria, Liblik, Ana Maria, Martins, Berlane y Poisard, Caroline
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