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Title

Ethnomathematics : challenging eurocentrism in mathematics education / edited by Arthur B. Powell and Marilyn Frankenstein.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Powell, Arthur B.
• Frankenstein, Marilyn.

Description

xxi, 440 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• This collection brings together classic, previously-published articles and new research to present the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education. The contributors identify several of the field's broad themes - reconsidering what counts as mathematical knowledge, considering interactions between culture and mathematical knowledge, and uncovering hidden and distorted histories of mathematical knowledge.
• The book offers a diversity of ethnomathematics perspectives that develop both theoretical and practical issues from various disciplines including mathematics, mathematics education, history, anthropology, cognitive psychology, feminist studies, and African studies written by authors from Brazil, England, Australia, Mozambique, Palestine, Belgium, and the United States.

Series Statement

SUNY series, reform in mathematics education

Uniform Title

SUNY series, reform in mathematics education.

Subject

• Ethnomathematics
• Mathematics > Study and teaching
• Eurocentrism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / U. D'Ambrosio -- Introduction / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein -- Sect. I. Ethnomathematical knowledge / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 1. Ethnomathematics and its Place in the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics / U. D'Ambrosio. Ch. 2. Ethnomathematics / M. Ascher and R. Ascher -- Sect. II. Uncovering distorted and hidden history of mathematical knowledge / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 3. Foundations of Eurocentrism in Mathematics / G. G. Joseph. Ch. 4. Animadversions on the Origins of Western Science / M. Bernal. Ch. 5. Africa in the Mainstream of Mathematics History / B. Lumpkin -- Sect. III. Considering interactions between culture and mathematical knowledge / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 6. The Myth of the Deprived Child: New Thoughts on Poor Children / H. P. Ginsburg. Ch. 7. Mathematics and Social Interests / B. Martin. Ch. 8. Marx and Mathematics / D. J. Struik --
• Sect. IV. Reconsidering what counts as mathematical knowledge / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 9. Difference, Cognition, and Mathematics Education / V. Walkerdine. Ch. 10. An Example of Traditional Women's Work as a Mathematics Resource / M. Harris. Ch. 11. On Culture, Geometrical Thinking and Mathematics Education / P. Gerdes -- Sect. V. Ethnomathematical praxis in the curriculum / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 12. Ethnomathematics and Education / M. Borba. Ch. 13. Mathematics, Culture, and Authority / M. Fasheh. Ch. 14. Worldmath Curriculum: Fighting Eurocentrism in Mathematics / S. E. Anderson. Ch. 15. World Cultures in the Mathematics Class / C. Zaslavsky -- Sect. VI. Ethnomathematical Research / A. B. Powell and M. Frankenstein. Ch. 16. Survey of Current Work in Ethnomathematics / P. Gerdes. Ch. 17. Applications in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Sciences / R. Pinxten.
• Ch. 18. An Ethnomathematical Approach in Mathematical Education: A Matter of Political Power / G. Knijnik -- Afterword / G. Gilmer.

ISBN

• 079143351X (ch : alk. paper)
• 0791433528 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

96024925

OCLC

ocm34967924

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries