Ethnomathematics Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education

Name: Ethnomathematics Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education
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ISBN: 9780791433522

ISBN-10: 0791433528

ISBN-13: 9780791433522

Edition: 1997

Authors: Arthur B. Powell, Marilyn Frankenstein

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List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 4/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 462
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Introduction




Ethnomathematical knowledge




Ethnomathematics and its Place in the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics




Ethnomathematics




Uncovering distorted and hidden history of mathematical knowledge




Foundations of Eurocentrism in Mathematics




Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science




Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History




Considering interactions between culture and mathematical knowledge




The Myth of the Deprived Child: New Thoughts on Poor Children




Mathematics and Social Interests




Marx and Mathematics




Reconsidering what counts as mathematical knowledge




Difference, Cognition, and Mathematics Education




An Example of Traditional Women's Work as a Mathematics Resource




On Culture, Geometrical Thinking and Mathematics Education




Ethnomathematical praxis in the curriculum




Ethnomathematics and Education




Mathematics, Culture, and Authority




Worldmath Curriculum: Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics




World Cultures in the Mathematics Class




Ethnomathematical Research




Survey of Current Work in Ethnomathematics




Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences




An Ethnomathematical Approach in Mathematical Education: A Matter of Political Power



Afterword



Contributors


Index