“Math is not for us, not an indigenous thing, you know”: empowering taiwanese indigenous learners of mathematics through the values approach
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Lee, Hsiu-Fei y Seah, Wee.
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The South-eastern region of Taiwan, Taitung, is home to the highest concentration of indigenous communities. Their status on indicators such as education level, SES, and life span are worse than other ethnic groups. They are also found to underperform in school mathematics. This paper reports on a study that had been designed to understand more about the indigenous students’ want to learn, embodied by what they value in mathematics learning experiences. Eight Grade 4 indigenous students from a carving class were interviewed. It was found that the indigenous students do not value mathematics learning, although they value innate intelligence at the same time that they value effort and out-of-school support. Of concern is the resultant belief that doing well in mathematics is out of reach of the indigenous people.
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2015
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Aspectos socioeconómicos | Comprensión | Etnia-raza | Etnomatemática | Reflexión sobre la enseñanza | Situado sociocultural
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Proceedings of the eighth international mathematics education and society conference (volumen 3)
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Greer, Brian y Mukhopadhyay, Swapna
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723 - 736
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