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The Challenges of Mathematics Education for Indigenous Teacher Training
Gavarrete, Maria Elena
Intercultural Education, v26 n4 p326-337 2015
In this article, I outline research carried out on in an Ethnomathematics course designed to train Indigenous teachers in Costa Rica, in which the following ethnic groups participated: Ngabes, Bribris, and Cabecares. The challenge is to develop a mathematical education that provides equitable conditions for the different groups within innovative curricular proposals. This research is based on the construct of "Cultural Mathematical Knowledge" which serves to describe intrinsic characteristics of socially differentiated groups and thus propose a model for teacher education. The design of the course incorporates an empirical base, a theoretical base, and a methodological base. It is a multicultural and multidisciplinary proposal based on Indigenous mathematics and on the ideas of mathematical enculturation, to be developed through curricular microprojects in Indigenous schools. The course promotes preparing the teacher as a researcher to shape him or herself mathematically, as someone who carries out appropriate educational actions in an academic environment in accordance with an ethnolinguistic reality, a cultural worldview, and awareness of the potential of the students of Indigenous schools.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Course Descriptions, Indigenous Populations, Teacher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education, Ethnic Groups, Teacher Researchers, Models, Classification, Qualitative Research, Ethnography
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