4 - Ethnomathematics, Geometry and Educational Experiences in Africa
Corresponding Author(s) : Paul Gerdes
Afrique et développement,
Vol. 30 No 3 (2005): Afrique et développement: Numéro Spécial 'All knowledge is first of all local knowledge'
Résumé
Cet article fait un recensement historique des réflexions qui ont été menées dans le domaine des mathématiques, de l'éducation et de la culture en Afrique, et qui ont favorisé l'émergence de l'ethnomathématique, comme champ de recherche. Ce texte présente un bref aperçu de la recherche en ethnomathématique au Mozambique, mais également de la recherche historique en mathématiques en Afrique. Puis, il présente quelques exemples d'intégration de l'ethno mathématique dans l'éducation scolaire, censée favoriser la sensibilisation sociale et culturelle aux mathématiques. Cet article se termine sur quelques tendances montrant comment appliquer quelques principes d'ethnomathématique dans le domaine de l'éducation en Afrique.
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- education in underdeveloped countries, For the Leaming of Mathematics, Montreal, 5(3), 15-20.
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- · Eduardo Mondlane University (mimeo).
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- Geometrie; Verlag Franzbecker, Bad Salzdetfurth, 360 p. (new edition 2003).
- Gerdes, Paulus, 1991b, Etnomatematica: Cultura, Matematica, Educaçiio,
- Maputo: Instituto Superior Pedag6gico.
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- Pedag6gico.
- Gerdes, Paulus, ed.,1993, A numeraçiio em Moçambique - Contribuiçiio para uma rejlexiio sobre
- cultura, Zingua e educaçiio matematica, Maputo: Instituto Superior Pedag6gico.
- Gerdes, Paulus,1993-1994, Geometria Sona: Rejlexoes sobre uma tradiçiio de desemho em povos da
- Âfrica ao Sul do Equador, Maputo: Instituto Superior
- Pedag6gico, (3 vol.)
Les références
D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan, 1990, Etnomatematica: arte ou técnica de explicar e
conhecer, Editora Atica, Sào Paulo.
Cherinda, Marcos, 2002, 'The Use of a Cultural Activity in the Teaching and Leaming of Mathematics:
The Exploration of Twill Weaving in Mozambican Classrooms', Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Witwatersrand
University, Johannesburg. Doumbia, Salimata,1984, Mathématiques dans l'environnement socio-culturel
Africain, Abidjan : Institut de Recherches Mathématiques d'Abidjan.
Doumbia, Salimata, 1989, 'Mathematics in traditional African games', in: C. Keitel,
P. Damerow, A. Bishop, P. Gerdes (eds.), Mathematics, Education, and Society,
Paris: UNESCO, 174-175.
Doumbia, Salimata & Pil, J.,1992, Les jeux de cauris, Abidjan: IRMA.
Draisma, Jan, 1992, 'Arithmetic and its didactics', in Report of the first year of the Master s
Degree Program in Mathematics Education for Primary Schools
(August 1991-July 1992), Instituto Superior Pedag6gica, Beira, 1992, 89-
(mimeo).
Eglash, Ron, 1999,AfricanFractals: Modern Computingandlndigenous Design,
Piscataway: Rutgers University Press.
Gay, John & Cole, Michel, 1967, The new mathematics and an old culture, a study of learning among
the Kpelle of Liberia, New York: Hoh, Rinehart & Winston.
Gerdes, Paulus, 1982, Mathematics for the benejit of the people, CARIMATH, Paramaribo (mimeo).
Gerdes, Paulus, 1985a, Conditions and strategies for emancipatory mathematics
education in underdeveloped countries, For the Leaming of Mathematics, Montreal, 5(3), 15-20.
Gerdes, Paulus, 1985b, Zum erwachenden geometrischen Denkrnr Maputo:
· Eduardo Mondlane University (mimeo).
Gerdes, Paulus,1990, Vivendo a matematica: desenhos da Âfrica, sau--Paulo: Editora Scipione.
Gerdes, Paulus, 1991a, Ethnogeometrie. Kulturanthropologische Beitriige zur Genese und Didaktik der
Geometrie; Verlag Franzbecker, Bad Salzdetfurth, 360 p. (new edition 2003).
Gerdes, Paulus, 1991b, Etnomatematica: Cultura, Matematica, Educaçiio,
Maputo: Instituto Superior Pedag6gico.
Gerdes, Paulus, 199 lc, Lusona: geometrical recreations of Africa, Maputo: Instituto Superior
Pedag6gico.
Gerdes, Paulus, ed.,1993, A numeraçiio em Moçambique - Contribuiçiio para uma rejlexiio sobre
cultura, Zingua e educaçiio matematica, Maputo: Instituto Superior Pedag6gico.
Gerdes, Paulus,1993-1994, Geometria Sona: Rejlexoes sobre uma tradiçiio de desemho em povos da
Âfrica ao Sul do Equador, Maputo: Instituto Superior
Pedag6gico, (3 vol.)