The New Mathematics and an Old Culture

The New Mathematics and an Old Culture

Author: John Gay

Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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Case study of the teaching of mathematics to kpelle childern in Liberia to illustrate the effect of traditional cultural factors on the learning readiness of tribal peoples - examines the social structure, sociological aspects of education under given living conditions, teaching methods to cope with illiteracy and language problems, etc. Bibliography pp. 97 to 100 and diagrams.


Ethnography and Schools

Ethnography and Schools

Author: Yali Zou

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780742517370

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A study of both traditional and new approaches to the study of schools and their communities. The book emphasizes discourse, critical pedagogy and ethnicity.