Rethinking ethnomathematics research
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Owens, Kay.
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Research in ethnomathematics is needed to preserve what might be considered the cultural mathematics of a particular community. It is important to describe and analyse this mathematics before it is lost. Some of the current ethnomathematical knowledge such as the counting system records and analyses in PNG are at the description or content analysis level. This is an essential aspect of ethnomathematical research. However, ethnomathematics research needs to consider other aspects of ethnomathematics besides content analysis. The current knowledge resides with those who may be elderly while the researchers are younger members of the community. The relationship between people and the place of the ethnomathematical knowledge in the cultural practices and relationships needs to be recognised. The values embedded in the way the mathematics is presented and learnt is as important in the realm of ethnomathematics as it is in school mathematics. One of the challenges for the young researcher is to be critical and reflexive and to know not only the right questions to ask but also when to ask, whom to ask and what not to ask. The cultural expectations on the researcher need to be recognised as the research is gathered.
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2006
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Contextos o situaciones | Cultura-religión | Diversidad sociocultural | Etnomatemática | Reflexión sobre la enseñanza
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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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