Repository logo
 
Publication

Mathematics education, cultural practices and communication

dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Darlinda
dc.contributor.authorLatas, Joana
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-27T12:01:32Z
dc.date.available2014-11-27T12:01:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis chapter addresses the role of students’ cultural practices in mathematical tasks as a means to enhance discourse and communication in multicultural classes. It starts by presenting the features of mathematical discourse and highlighting their relationship with students’ native language and culture. Next, the concept of cultural practices is discussed and framed in the context of mathematics education. Its potential to launch the construction of mathematical meanings is explored. The integration of students’ cultural practices in the teaching and learning of mathematics is illustrated and discussed through the presentation of examples taken from classroom activities. These examples were collected from a research project that used a qualitative methodological approach to study the integration of students’ cultural practices in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Participants were students in a seventh-grade class in a coastal area in the south of Portugal. Students’ cultural practices such as surfing were adapted and presented through activities that supported the learning of mathematical concepts. The chapter concludes by arguing for the contributions of students’ cultural practices to the development of their ability to communicate mathematically in the context of classroom, to use appropriate forms of language, and to connect mathematics to their daily experiences.por
dc.identifier.isbn9789027257505
dc.identifier.issn2210-7029
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/3512
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Companypor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027270115por
dc.titleMathematics education, cultural practices and communicationpor
dc.typebook part
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlacePhiladelphia USApor
oaire.citation.titleLanguage, Literacy and Learning in STEM Educationpor
person.familyNameMoreira
person.givenNameDarlinda
person.identifier.ciencia-id281C-10F6-8406
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4138-4509
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57188837672
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typebookPartpor
relation.isAuthorOfPublication58941a10-0d76-4aa5-bb5d-c7a9b65abbff
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery58941a10-0d76-4aa5-bb5d-c7a9b65abbff

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Moreira & Latas 2014 Mathematics education, cultural practices and communication.pdf
Size:
349.43 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: