1. Ethnomathematics ethnomathematics. Some resources for ethnomathematics. Ascher, Marcia. 1991. ethnomathematics A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas. http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/ethno.html

Ethnomathematics Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises. Mathematics is often associated with the study of "universals". When we speak of "universals", however, it is important to recognize that often something we think of as universal is merely universal to those who share our cultural and historical perspectives. If we think of mathematics as the development of structures and systems of ideas involving number, pattern, logic, and spatial configuration and then examine how mathematics arises and is used in various cultures, we can gain a much deeper understanding of mathematics. The development of mathematics is not linear It is easy to fall into the notion that the study of mathematics began in some primitive unformed state and has been growing and growing towards the advanced state of Western European/North American mathematics, and will continue to grow in this direction. In this view, a mathematical system that arose in a culture different from this "mainstream" might be seen as "contributing" to its development, or it might be perceived as an interesting side brancheven though that mathematics might have arisen to support ideas and activities as important in that culture as the ideas and activities supported by Western mathematics are to the Western World.

2. Links ethnomathematics on the Web. Sites listed by ethnicity/geography. African mathematics. Syllabi. ethnomathematics in the classroom. Books. Return to http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.dir/links.htm

Ethnomathematics on the Web Sites listed by ethnicity/geography African mathematics Native American mathematics Math in European artifacts Pacific Islander mathematics ... Middle Eastern mathematics Sites listed by social categories Mathematics and gender Mathematics and economic class Multicultural mathematics Sites listed by utility Critiques of multicultural mathematics Indigenous knowledge systems Software and video resources ... Return to the homepage of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics

3. Ethnomathematics Math 103 Cultural Approaches to Mathematics. This page is intended to organize a wide variety of information on different areas of "ethnomathematics", the study of the interaction between mathematics and culture. An overview of what ethnomathematics is all about is given in "Seven http://cs.beloit.edu/~chavey/M103/M103.html

Math 103: Cultural Approaches to Mathematics This page is intended to organize a wide variety of information on different areas of "Ethnomathematics", the study of the interaction between mathematics and culture. This information includes some of my lecture notes, a collection of examples and homework problems, and lists of additional references primarily printed references, but also some additional Web pages. Because our students are required to write term papers on a project of their choice, the emphasis in these pages has been on collections of references that might be useful for these projects. The pages of resources are arranged in two groups: by mathematical topic and by cultural region. In general, resources that fit reasonably under a mathematical topic are not also included under the cultural region. As an example, a reference on Native American languages and their number words will be found under the section on "Number Systems", but not also under "North America". On the other hand, a general reference on "Mayan Mathematics" might be found under the collection of references on South America. At present, most of the pages for these sections are under development. Those highlighted as Web links will take you to pages of references, others .... well, come back later and maybe they'll be ready for you then. Even those areas that are highlighted as active will probably have more material on them later.

4. Ethnomathematics An Absolutely Essential Key For Mathematics of 1998. ethnomathematics an absolutely essential key for Mathematics Education. Of unipi.it). ethnomathematics what is it? In http://www.dm.unipi.it/~jama/ethno/

BiFoEtMa Jama Musse Jama You are visitor [ ] since 1st May 1998 The First International Congress on Ethnomathemtics will be held in Granada (Spain) from 2 to 5 September of 1998. Ethnomathematics : an absolutely essential key for Mathematics Education. Of course, "the way of doing" mathematics, which means the way of teaching and learning it, cannot be reduced unique and universal at least in the very early elementary levels of learning mathematics. In this stage there is no difference between " using mathematics " and "doing mathematics ", infact what we do in the early elementary levels of mathematical education is to explain and to understand in a mathematical language those simple operations which we use to manage the every-day-live: counting, estimating, calculating etc. Needless to say how native algorithms to perform these operations are culturally-dependent and, therefore, are different. That is why the ( Ethno )-Mathematics becomes absolutely essential for mathematics education. The previous explanation DOES NOT imply that Ethnomathematics is ONLY an instrument to improve mathematical education. Indeed, the role of Ethnomathemtics is much more than improvement of way of teaching. During the The Latin-American Seminar of Phylosophy and History of Ideas , in his note entitled ETHNOMATHEMATICS AS REVISIONISM?

5. Ethnomathematics Bibliography ethnomathematics Bibliography. Montreal 5(1985). pp. 1520. The planning of a teaching model in ethnomathematics. Ferreira, Eduardo Sebastiani. Campinas, 1988. http://cs.beloit.edu/~chavey/M103/EthnoMath Bibliography.html

Ethnomathematics Bibliography The following bibliography of potentially useful references is organized according to the following scheme: 1) If a source is about one region of the world, it is put in that sub-heading. 2) Within world regions, references are grouped by topic (corresponding largely to the chapters of the text) where possible. Sources in that region that I cannot easily classify are then grouped in that region, sub-heading "Other". 3) After the "Regions" headings, additional sources are grouped according to the mathematical topic; again by chapters of the text. 4) Finally, other sources that I cannot classify easily (general, unclear, or where I cannot be sure of the English translation) are collected at the end as "Unclassified". Note that "Drawings" means the Eulerian drawings of chapter 2. Sources listed under "Geometry" may sometimes include references to Eulerian drawing topics, or to designs (symmetry patterns). If, when looking at any of these sources, you discover that I have misclassified them or determine the right category for one of the unclassified sources please let me know. Of course I expect that you will also find other sources for me to add to this list! When I know that a source can be found at the Beloit library, I give its call number following the word "BELOIT". This does

6. Ethnomathematics An Introduction to the Anthropological Study of ethnomathematics. CrossCultural Perspectives on Mathematics An Introduction to ethnomathematics. This guide contains bibliographic references and http://home1.gte.net/ericjw1/ethnomathematics.html

An Introduction to Ethnomathematics This guide contains bibliographic references and links to internet resources for topics relating to Ethnomathematics. Recommended Reading: Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture by Claudia Zaslavsky 1999 African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design by Ron Eglash 1999 The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between Arithmetic and Algebra by Rushdi Rashid 1994 Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas by Marcia Ascher 1994 History of Chinese Mathematics by Jean-Claude Martzloff 1997 Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu Native American Mathematics by Michael P. Closs (Editor) 1996 Native American Pedagogy and Cognitive-Based Mathematics Instruction by Judith E. Hankes 1998 Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa by Paulus Gerdes 1998 Links Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises. Ethnomathematics on the Web: a page of links developed by the International Study Group for Ethnomathematics.

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8. International Study Group On Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) International Study Group on ethnomathematics (ISGEm) This World Wide Web (WWW) site provides information abut the International Study Group on ethnomathematics (ISGEm), an affiliate of the http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.htm&y=02EC

9. ISGEm Translate this page ISGEm International Study Group on ethnomathematics (english). ISGEm Grupo de Estudio Internacional de Etnomatemática (español). http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.htm

ISGEm International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (english) ISGEm Grupo de Estudio Internacional de Etnomatemática (español) ISGEm Gruppo di Studio Internazionale di Etnomatematica (italiano) ISGEm Grupo de Estudo Internacional de Etnomatemática (português)

10. Ethnomathematics Web Quest To go directly to a listing of ethnomathematics Resources available on the web, click here. Button. Click to Send Email to Mrs. M. Gasch, BSIM, M.Ed. http://home.mindspring.com/~mjg2/ethalt.html

Web Hunt! Mathematics is not a linear science! Cultures all over the world have made important discoveries. As explorers traveled the world, they brought to their own countries the advancements in math and sciences they found in the various places they visited. Textbooks tell us a lot about the Greeks and the Europeans and their marvelous contributions; now your job is to find out what other peoples developed through the years. As you learn some mathematical facts from a variety of cultures, try to decide which you think are the most interesting and important. This may be the basis for your presentation project! Use the following links to help answer the questions below. If you choose to use additional internet sources, that is fine. History of Mathematics in Africa African Games Egyptian Math: Ahmes What Were You Thinking? Yoruba Number System ... The Abacus If you would like additional resources, please visit this page DIRECTIONS: Fill in all boxes before submitting. The form will not be accepted with empty boxes. Your teacher may have special directions about this web quest. Please consult your teacher with regards to scoring and other requirements. If you have any questions, you may email the web hunt designer by clicking on the button on the bottom of the page.

11. Ethnomathematics Web Quest A math history web hunt! To go directly to a listing of ethnomathematics Resources available on the web, click here. http://www.mindspring.com/~mjg2/ethalt.html

Web Hunt! Mathematics is not a linear science! Cultures all over the world have made important discoveries. As explorers traveled the world, they brought to their own countries the advancements in math and sciences they found in the various places they visited. Textbooks tell us a lot about the Greeks and the Europeans and their marvelous contributions; now your job is to find out what other peoples developed through the years. As you learn some mathematical facts from a variety of cultures, try to decide which you think are the most interesting and important. This may be the basis for your presentation project! Use the following links to help answer the questions below. If you choose to use additional internet sources, that is fine. History of Mathematics in Africa African Games Egyptian Math: Ahmes What Were You Thinking? Yoruba Number System ... The Abacus If you would like additional resources, please visit this page DIRECTIONS: Fill in all boxes before submitting. The form will not be accepted with empty boxes. Your teacher may have special directions about this web quest. Please consult your teacher with regards to scoring and other requirements. If you have any questions, you may email the web hunt designer by clicking on the button on the bottom of the page.

12. Bifoetma Bibliography Finder For Ethnomathematics BiFoEtMa Bibliography Finder for ethnomathematics. Ethnomathematical References. ethnomathematics an absolutely essential key for Mathematics Education. http://www.dm.unipi.it/~jama/ethno/reference.html

BiFoEtMa Bibliography Finder for EthnoMathematics Ethnomathematical References Jama Musse Jama The aim of this gateway is to provide a flexible instrument for mathematicians and other educators who are active in ethnomathematics research or related topics, such as Mathematical Education and History of Mathematics, as well as for the young researchers who are approaching for the first time this young, valuble, indispensable and enchanting branch of mathematics. Ethnomathematics: an absolutely essential key for Mathematics Education. Input your queries and push down the appropriate button. Query: by authors name by title The present database is not a catalog nor bibliography , infact it contains only one record (item) for each reference and can be searched only by author's name or by words composing it's title. This finding list is not as complete as possibile, and obviously needs a continuos updating, but I hope, with your help by pointing out to me any missing items and informing me any new ones, we can let it be more efficient instrument. Jama Musse Jama You are visitor [ ] since 28 Apr. 1997

13. Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) Welcome to the ethnomathematics Digital Library. The EDL is a resource network with links to relevant websites worldwide. There http://www.ethnomath.org/

Welcome to the Ethnomathematics Digital Library. The EDL is a resource network with links to relevant websites worldwide. There are over 500 items in the collection, and we are regularly adding new materials, particularly those relevant to the Pacific region. Please contact us if you would like to recommend any new resources or if you have suggestions for improving the browsing or searching functions. Browse our database to view lists of terms and the number of resources for each: By subject By geographical area By cultural group By language Quick Search Enter any words to search the database. For help see Search Hints Advanced Search Select Advanced Search to search fields in combination or fields not available through browsing. For help see Search Hints Home Browse/Quick Search Advanced Search ... PREL The Ethnomathematics Digital Library is a component of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL), funded by the National Science Foundation.

14. Ethnomathematics: What Might It Be Originally published in the International Study Group on ethnomathematics (ISGEm) Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, August 1985. Located http://www.ethnomath.org/resources/ISGEm/022.htm

Originally published in the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) Newsletter , Volume 1, Number 1, August 1985. Located at: http://web.nmsu.edu/~pscott/isgem11.htm Article reproduced 2003 with permission of the ISGEm Newsletter editor for use in the Ethnomathematics Digital Library ( www.ethnomath.org ) developed by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning ( www.prel.org Ethnomathematics: What Might It Be? The coining of the term "Ethnomathematics" can probably be credited to Ubiratan D'Ambrosio. In recent speaking engagements and writings, Prof. D'Ambrosio has emphasized the influences of socio-cultural factors on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Ethnomathematics lies at the confluence of mathematics and cultural anthropology. At one level, it is what might be called "math in the environment" or "math in the community." At another related level, Ethnomathematics is the particular (and perhaps peculiar) way that specific cultural groups go about the tasks of classifying, ordering, counting and measuring. Although Ethnomathematics has only recently received attention from mathematics educators, anthropologists (and before them world travelers) often commented on the peculiar uses of mathematics among indigenous groups. Various other branches of Ethnoscience such as Ethnobiology, Ethnobotany, Ethnochemistry and Ethnoastronomy gained acceptance around the turn of the century and have a history as recognized disciplines. The formal development of Ethnomathematics may have been slowed by the pervasive view that somehow mathematics is universal and culture-free. However, recent research is revealing that much of the mathematics used in daily practice, as affected by distinctive modes of cognition, may be quite different from that which is taught in school.

15. Ethnomathematics-Print Version ethnomathematics – a rich cultural diversity. Advocates of ethnomathematics say it is helping different cultures to understand each other. Contents http://www.science.org.au/nova/073/073print.htm

Nova: Science in the news Published by the Australian Academy of Science Back to the normal view Advocates of ethnomathematics say it is helping different cultures to understand each other. Contents Key text Box 1. The Dresden Codex Activities Further reading ... Glossary Key text The term ‘ethnomathematics’ was first used in the late 1960s by a Brazilian mathematician, Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, to describe the mathematical practices of identifiable cultural groups. Some see it as the study of mathematics in different cultures, others as a way of making mathematics more relevant to different cultural or ethnic groups, yet others as a way of understanding the differences between cultures. But perhaps the most powerful claim for the new discipline has been made by D’Ambrosio himself (quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education , 6 October 2000): Mathematics is absolutely integrated with Western civilization, which conquered and dominated the entire world. The only possibility of building up a planetary civilization depends on restoring the dignity of the losers and, together, winners and losers, moving into the new. [Ethnomathematics, then, is] a step towards peace. This makes ethnomathematics a rather unusual discipline, because it attempts to meld science and social justice. This isn't something that sits comfortably with many scientists: science, they argue, is science, and trying to make it politically correct will only impede its progress. Some educators fret that teaching mathematics using an ethnomathematical approach reduces it to a social-studies subject that teaches students little about ‘real’ mathematics. Others simply ridicule the whole notion: according to one disparaging journalist, 'Unless you wish to balance your checkbook the ancient Navajo way, it’s probably safe to ignore the whole thing'.

16. The Chronicle: October 6, 2000: Good-Bye Pythagoras? ethnomathematics embraces nonEuropean methods of math; critics fear a decline in rigor. They call it ethnomathematics math from a cultural perspective. http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i06/06a01601.htm

Advanced Search Site Map Front Page Today's News ... Help From the issue dated October 6, 2000 Good-Bye Pythagoras? 'Ethnomathematics' embraces non-European methods of math; critics fear a decline in rigor By ELIZABETH GREENE At California's Orange Coast College, students in mathematics classes learn about ALSO SEE: A Sample Problem Colloquy: Join a debate on issues raised in this article the geometric designs in Navajo rugs when their professor, Eduardo Jesus Arismendi-Pardi, teaches the concept of slope. Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute use African fractals patterns that repeat themselves at many different scales in their computer-graphics simulations for Ron Eglash, an assistant professor of mathematics. At the Newark campus of Rutgers University, students in teacher-education courses led by Arthur B. Powell work out river-crossing problems based on different cultures in their study of algebra. And using a cultural analogy that's close to home, Jim Barta teaches his elementary-education students at Utah State University a new way to think about the Cartesian coordinate system: street mapping in towns settled by Mormons is based on a system much like the one in which positive and negative numbers name intersections of lines. In college classes in algebra, calculus, geometry, statistics, calculus, and the history of mathematics, among other subjects, and in degree programs for future elementary- and secondary-school teachers, professors are defining a new way of teaching math. They call it ethnomathematics math from a cultural perspective.

17. The Chronicle: Colloquy: The Question More college professors are teaching ethnomathematics, in which the cultural perspectives of minority groups are added to the mathematics curriculum. http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2000/ethnomath/ethnomath.htm

Advanced Search Site Map Front Page Today's News ... COLLOQUY THE QUESTION RESPONSES BACKGROUND More college professors are teaching "ethnomathematics," in which the cultural perspectives of minority groups are added to the mathematics curriculum. This takes the form of talking about contributions made to mathematics from Africa and Asia, using examples from minority cultural experiences in mathematics problems, and using mathematical methods developed in non-European countries. Supporters of the approach say that it encourages more black and Hispanic students to study and to do well in mathematics. Some critics fear that the approach dumbs down the math curriculum and gives teachers an excuse to avoid mathematics by encouraging them to talk about culture instead. Is "ethnomathematics" a good thing? Will it attract more minority students to math? Does it pose risks to students' understanding of math? For further information, see this background article: Good-Bye Pythagoras? 28 RESPONSES (New 12/1) JOIN THE DEBATE STEP 1: Your contact information (required) Your name: Your phone: Your e-mail address: STEP 2: Your comments STEP 3: Submit!

18. Ethnomathematics Resources Compiled By Katharine Patterson And Others ethnomathematics Unit developed by Katherine Patterson. Updated on August 13, 2003. A Definition of ethnomathematics Gloria Gilmer, MathTech Inc. http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/projects/ethnomath.html

Ethnomathematics Unit developed by Katherine Patterson Updated on August 13, 2003 Please alert stoloffd@easternct.edu to any non-functioning links. Charting New Maps: Multicultural Education in Rural School Interesting article discussing why multicultural education should be in rural schools. As the authors state: "culture comprises traditional ways of making sense of and conducting oneself in the world. The aim is to help students understand how culture not only shapes, but also limits, their actions." Culturally Responsive Curriculum An aid for educators, this article provides resources for culturally responsive curriculum, assessing, and available resources for teachers. Varieties of Multicultural Education Gary Burnett discusses the three typologies of multicultural education: content oriented programs; student oriented programs; and socially -oriented programs. Multicultural Mathematics Education Young Seminoles and Natural Math an article from The Journal of Educational Issue of Language Minority Students written by Linda Medearis describes her two year research project for the Oklahoma Seminole Nation Head Start. In her own words she sums up her experience: "As a teacher educator I encourage my students to know their students and their community and to remain learners themselves."

19. Ethnomathematics Congress I Translate this page ethnomathematics. Grupo Internacional de Estudio sobre Etnomatemáticas. International Study Group on ethnomathematics. Universidad http://www.ugr.es/~oliveras/

Primer Congreso Internacional First International Congress on Ethnomathematics International Study Group on Ethnomathematics University of Granada (Spain), 2 nd th September 1998 2nd ANNOUNCEMENT ENGLISH er ANUNCIO / 3rd. ANNOUNCEMENT Junio 1998 / June 1998 ENGLISH Cartel anunciador Congress secretary: M. Luisa Oliveras 18071 Granada E.Mail: oliveras@platon.ugr.es Web page: http://www.ugr.es/local/oliveras Fax: 34-958-246359

20. Teranun FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ethnomathematics. 2nd 5th of September. THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA. B. The philosophical Background to ethnomathematics. 12h. http://www.ugr.es/~oliveras/icem2ing.htm

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS 2nd - 5th of September THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA 3rd announcement FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS 2nd - 5th of September. THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA SITE: Fax: 34 - 958-208354. OFICIAL LANGUAGES: HONORARY COMMITTEE: Excmo. Sr. D. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, General Director of UNESCO. Excmo. Sr. D. Manuel Pezzi Ceretto, Andalusian Minister for Education and Science. Rector of the University of Granada. President of the Social Council of the University of Granada. Ilmo. Sr. D. Luis Rico Romero, Director of the Departament of Didactic of Mathematic Decano of the College of Education Sciences. President of International Study Group on Ethnomathematics: ISGEm ORGANIZING COMMITTEE President Coordinator Secretary Members ICEM-1 is a center for scientific debate for the contribution of spreading ETHNOMATHEMATICS as a form of thought initiated by the ISGEm group. Ethnomathematics lies at the confluence of mathematics and cultural anthropology. ISGEm has emphasized the influences of sociocultural factors on the teaching and learning of Mathematics. The group publishes a newsletter.

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