Anthropology and ethnomathematics: a possible dialogue for the teaching of Mathematics

Authors

  • Helisângela Ramos da Costa

Keywords:

Ethnomathematics, Anthropology, Culture.

Abstract

The teaching and learning of Mathematics characterized by the use of strict mathematical problems with meaning, without concern for context, with cultural aspects, has been reflected in the performance of students not only discipline in Mathematics, but in different areas of knowledge where it is used. Therefore, the article deals with a bibliographic search carried out to investigate how the mathematical knowledge can be exploited from focusing on cultural issues through the integration between the ethnomathematics and anthropology. Thus, highlighted three themes that provide such integration: a farming community and the construction of a vegetable garden, the inca civilization and its numbering system and its architectural features and indigenous culture with its graphics and braiding. From this study, it appears that anthropology can teach us the value of each culture and how it can be used in the educational process, especially in Mathematics, to establish a dialogue exchange between its agents.

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Costa, H. R. da. (2008). Anthropology and ethnomathematics: a possible dialogue for the teaching of Mathematics. Education, 33(3), 509–524. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reveducacao/article/view/88

Issue

educação v. 33, n. 3, set./dez. 2008

Section

Continuous Demand

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