Ethnomathematics and symbolic thought

Autor: Teresa Vergani
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik. 31:66-70
ISSN: 1615-679X
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-999-0011-0
Popis: This paper deals with the following aspects of the culture of the Dogons (Mali): the specific mythological context and the related cognitive system; fundamental poles in the Dogon numerical symbology; the density of 5’s significance; the spiral as a coreography of thought; ethnomathematics “logosymbols” as “event” and social meaning; educational implications (transcultural expression of thought and feeling).
Databáze: OpenAIRE