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Articles related to "Multicultural Mathematics"
Ethnomathematics (Part I of II) Mathematics is used, consciously or not, in a variety of cultural activities: in the creation and ornamentation of architectural structures; in figuring kin relations; in activities such as sewing, weaving, and beading; in hunting and navigation; in agricultural work such as laying out plots or understanding weather patterns and seasonal scheduling; in cooking and trade; in recreational activities such as gambling and gaming; as well as in spiritual symbolism. ethnomathematics • cultural mathematics • multicultural mathematics • anthropological mathematics • calendars
Ethnomathematics (Part II of II) According to ethnomathematician Alan Bishop (1988), there are six major functions of mathematics use in human life, whether formal or informal, applied or abstract. Mathematical thought is used in counting, in play, in measurement and identifying location, in design, and in the clarification of phenomena. ethnomathematics • counting • multicultural mathematics • cultural mathematics • historical mathematics |
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