Book chapter
De-frosting and re-frosting the ideology of pure mathematics: An infusion of Eastern-Western perspectives on conceptualising a socially just mathematics education
Critical Issues in Mathematics Education, pp.125-152
Information Age Publishing
2009
Abstract
Adopting a method of writing as inquiry, the paper deconstructs the overriding image of mathematics as a body of pure knowledge, thereby constructing an integral perspective of a socially just mathematics education in Nepal, a south Asian nation that is spiritually and historically rich and culturally and linguistically diverse. Combining a bricolage of storied, interpretive, reflective and poetic genres and an Integral philosophy, we envision a culturally contextualized mathematics education that is inclusive of Nepalese cultural, linguistic and spiritual diversities. This socially just mathematics education would enable Nepalese learners to: (a) co-generate mathematics from their cultural contexts; (b) connect their lived cultural experiences with formal mathematics and vice versa; (c) take up social, cultural and situated inquiry approaches to learning mathematics; and (d) solve real world problems by using different forms of mathematics.
Details
- Title
- De-frosting and re-frosting the ideology of pure mathematics: An infusion of Eastern-Western perspectives on conceptualising a socially just mathematics education
- Authors/Creators
- B.C. Luitel (Author/Creator)P.C. Taylor (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- P. Ernest (Editor)B. Greer (Editor)B. Sriraman (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Critical Issues in Mathematics Education, pp.125-152
- Publisher
- Information Age Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005541178807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publisher URL
- http://www.infoagepub.com/products/critical-issues-in-mathematics-education
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