Using Indigenous Basket and Mat Weaving in Mathematics Education: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Mathematics Education - Brossura

Madusise, Sylvia

Brossura

ISBN 10: 384654292X ISBN 13: 9783846542927

Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Riassunto

The study is an exploration of the potential of using indigenous basket and mat weaving in the teaching and learning of mathematics.Three professional weavers were interviewed and observed while weaving baskets and mats. Finished products were analysed to assess the embedded mathematical ideas in the artifacts. The findings were that there is a diverse amount of mathematical ideas in the basket and mat weaving activities. Different levels of school mathematics curriculum at which the derived concepts can be incorporated were identified. It is argued that it is possible to use indigenous basket and mat weaving in the teaching and learning of mathematics at different levels from Primary to Tertiary levels.

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L'autore:

The author has worked as a mathematics lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University. Her research interests are on mathematics education and culture. She has published and presented some conference papers on the area. Currently she is working on a doctorate thesis on indigenisation of the mathematics curriculum at Tshwane University of Technology, in S.A.

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• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 384654292X
• ISBN 13: 9783846542927
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 136