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Women And Geometry In Southern Africa
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Book Synopsis Women, Culture and Geometry in Southern Africa by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book Women, Culture and Geometry in Southern Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of award winning book "Women and Geometry in Southern Africa: Suggestions for Further Research", published by the "Universidade Pedagógica" (Mozambique) in 1995. The original book contains chapters on geometrical ideas embedded in basket weaving, bead work, wall decoration, tattooing, and ceramics. The expanded edition includes a foreword by Sibusiso Moyo (Secretary of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa, and Research Director of the Durban University of Technology, South Africa), afterwords by Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Brazil) and Jens Hoyrup (Denmark), and the papers "Makwe colour inversion, symmetry and patterns" (Northeastern Mozambique) and "Symmetries on mats woven by Yombe women from the area along the Lower Congo." The book contains also a chapter written by Salimo Saide on the geometry of pottery decoration among Yao women (Nyassa Province, Mozambique). (2013, 276 pp.)
Book Synopsis Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of the book is to call attention to some mathematical ideas incorporated in the patterns invented by women in Southern Africa. An appreciation of these mathematical traditions may lead to their preservation, revival and development. Use of female art traditional forms has implications in the field of mathematics education.
Book Synopsis Ethnomathematics by : Arthur B. Powell
Download or read book Ethnomathematics written by Arthur B. Powell and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education and mathematics in general.
Book Synopsis Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa by : Renuka Vithal
Download or read book Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa written by Renuka Vithal and published by HSRC Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting on the theoretical and ideological work that has contributed to the growth of mathematics education research in South Africa, this study provides a historical analysis of forces that have changed and shaped mathematics curricula over the years. The themes researched and explored include radical pedagogy, progressive classroom practices, ethnomathematics, and South African mathematics education research within both its local and international contexts.
Download or read book TINHLÈLÒ written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books "TINHLÈLÒ, Interweaving Art and Mathematics: Colourful Basket Trays from the South of Mozambique" exhibits and analyses coloured circular winnowing baskets collected by the author since the end of the 1970s (132 pp. colour).
Book Synopsis International Handbook of Mathematics Education by : Alan J. Bishop
Download or read book International Handbook of Mathematics Education written by Alan J. Bishop and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook presents an overview and analysis of the international `state-of-the-field' of mathematics education at the end of the 20th century. The more than 150 authors, editors and chapter reviewers involved in its production come from a range of countries and cultures. They have created a book of 36 original chapters in four sections, surveying the variety of practices, and the range of disciplinary interconnections, which characterise the field today, and providing perspectives on the study of mathematics education for the 21st century. It is first and foremost a reference work, and will appeal to anyone seeking up-to-date knowledge about the main developments in mathematics education. These will include teachers, student teachers and student researchers starting out on a serious study of the subject, as well as experienced researchers, teacher educators, educational policy-makers and curriculum developers who need to be aware of the latest areas of knowledge development.
Book Synopsis Geometry from Africa by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book Geometry from Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on geometric ideas from cultural activities from Subsaharan Africa to develop mathematical reasoning.
Book Synopsis Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century by : C. Mammana
Download or read book Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century written by C. Mammana and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years geometry seems to have lost large parts of its former central position in mathematics teaching in most countries. However, new trends have begun to counteract this tendency. There is an increasing awareness that geometry plays a key role in mathematics and learning mathematics. Although geometry has been eclipsed in the mathematics curriculum, research in geometry has blossomed as new ideas have arisen from inside mathematics and other disciplines, including computer science. Due to reassessment of the role of geometry, mathematics educators and mathematicians face new challenges. In the present ICMI study, the whole spectrum of teaching and learning of geometry is analysed. Experts from all over the world took part in this study, which was conducted on the basis of recent international research, case studies, and reports on actual school practice. This book will be of particular interest to mathematics educators and mathematicians who are involved in the teaching of geometry at all educational levels, as well as to researchers in mathematics education.
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Kathleen Sheldon
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Kathleen Sheldon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. Africa is a predominantly agricultural continent, and a major factor in African agriculture is the central role of women as farmers. It is estimated that between 65 and 80 percent of African women are engaged in cultivating food for their families, and in the past that percentage was likely even higher. Thus, one common thread across much of the continent is women’s daily work in their family plot. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on individual African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts; on important events, organizations, and publications; and on topics important to women in general (marriage, fertility, employment) and to African women in particular (market women, child marriage, queen mothers). This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Women in Africa.
Book Synopsis African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines by : Gloria Emeagwali
Download or read book African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines written by Gloria Emeagwali and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the multidisciplinary context of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from scholars and scholar activists committed to the interrogation, production, articulation, dissemination and general development of endogenous and indigenous modes of intellectual activity and praxis. The work reinforces the demand for the decolonization of the academy and makes the case for a paradigmatic shift in content, subject matter and curriculum in institutions in Africa and elsewhere – with a view to challenging and rejecting disinformation and intellectual servitude. Indigenous intellectual discourses related to diverse disciplines take center stage in this volume with a focus on education, mathematics, medicine, chemistry and engineering in their historical and contemporary context.
Book Synopsis Enjoy puzzling with biLLies by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book Enjoy puzzling with biLLies written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics by : D. Coben
Download or read book Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics written by D. Coben and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore adult mathematics education. It aims to situate research and practice in adults learning mathematics within the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education. Topics covered include: mathematics and common sense; statistical literacy and numeracy; new theories on learning mathematics; mathematical competences for the workplace; ethnomathematics; and the training of tutors
Book Synopsis African Pythogoras by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book African Pythogoras written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "AFRICAN PYTHAGORAS: A study in culture and mathematics education" shows how diverse African ornaments and artefacts may be used to create an attractive context for the discovery and the demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem and of related ideas and propositions. (first full colour edition, 124 pp.)
Book Synopsis Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and e-Learning by : Dialla Konaté
Download or read book Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and e-Learning written by Dialla Konaté and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-08 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features articles written by some of the most prominent leading applied mathematicians as well as young and promising ones. The common objective of these articles is to present an important issue which is currently widely discussed in scientific investigation with major human, economic or ecological implications. Each article is as deep as an expert lecture but is also self-contained, so that even isolated scientists with limited resources can profit greatly from it.
Book Synopsis The Postcolonial Turn by : Rene Devisch
Download or read book The Postcolonial Turn written by Rene Devisch and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book is a forward-looking reflection on mental decolonisation and the postcolonial turn in Africanist scholarship. As a whole, it provides five decennia-long lucid and empathetic research involvements by seasoned scholars who came to live, in local peoples own ways, significant daily events experienced by communities, professional networks and local experts in various African contexts. The book covers materials drawn from Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. Themes include the Whelan Research Academy, rap musicians, political leaders, wise men and women, healers, Sacred Spirit churches, diviners, bards and weavers who are deemed proficient in the classical African geometrical knowledge. As a tribute to late Archie Mafeje who showed real commitment to decolonise social sciences from western-centred modernist development theories, commentators of his work pinpoint how these theories sought to dismiss the active role played by African people in their quest for self-emancipation. One of the central questions addressed by the book concerns the role of an anthropologist and this issue is debated against the background of the academic lecture delivered by Ren Devisch when receiving an honorary doctoral degree at the University of Kinshasa. The lecture triggered critical but constructive comments from such seasoned experts as Valentin Mudimbe and Wim van Binsbergen. They excoriate anthropological knowledge on account that the anthropologist, notwithstanding his or her social and cognitive empathy and intense communication with the host community, too often fails to also question her own world and intellectual habitus from the standpoint of her hosts. Leading anthropologists carry further into great depth the bifocal anthropological endeavour focussing on local peoples re-imagining and re-connecting the local and global. The book is of interest to a wide readership in the humanities, social sciences, philosophy and the history of the African continent and its relation with the North.
Book Synopsis Spatial Intelligence by : Daniel Ness
Download or read book Spatial Intelligence written by Daniel Ness and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Intelligence examines public and professional conceptions of the relationships between thinking about spatial attributes and active engagement in spatially related constructions and designs. Even though children’s and adolescents’ spatial propensities in constructive activities parallel the skills needed by professionals in both established and emerging fields, spatial education is often missing from K–12 curricula and is easily impeded by teachers, parents, or other individuals who do not provide contexts in formalized settings, such as schools, to nurture its potential. This book bridges the gap by linking the natural spatial inclinations, interests, and proclivities of individuals from a variety of cultures with professional training and expertise in engineering, architecture, science, and mathematics. Educators will be better able to achieve the skills and awareness necessary to provide children and young adults with the vital opportunities inherent in spatial education.
Book Synopsis History of Mathematics in Africa: 1986-1999 by : Paulus Gerdes
Download or read book History of Mathematics in Africa: 1986-1999 written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
