The Mathematics of Card Playing in an Aboriginal Community

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ID2116950
AuthorsNeil Holm (Community College of Philadelphia, corresponding author), Lionel Japanangka (Battle Creek Public Schools)
Year1976
Volume4
Issue5
Pages19-22
Publication date1976-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1326-0111 • E-ISSN: 2049-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0310582200008750
OpenAlexW2259663560
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The teaching of mathematics to Aboriginal children poses many difficulties for teachers. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers agree that many Aboriginal children are not making adequate progress in their development of mathematical understanding. The teaching of mathematics in Aboriginal communities is discussed in the Northern Territory Infants Curriculum (1974 : 119-123). After reviewing the outcomes of a desirable mathematics course the curriculum writers conclude that 'many Aboriginal children do not manifest many of these outcomes at a level comparable with that obtained by European children'.John Gay and Michael Cole have written a very valuable book, The New Mathematics and an Old Culture, which examines the teaching of mathematics in a cross-cultural situation. They state that '... in order to teach mathematics effectively, we must know more about our students. In particular we must know more about the indigenous mathematics so that we can build effective bridges to the new mathematics we are trying to introduce.' (Gay and Cole, 1967:1

Biology · Connected Mathematics · Curriculum · Indigenous · Mathematics curriculum · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Reform mathematics · Sociology · Teaching method · Mathematics · Science Education and Pedagogy

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