Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ520878
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Returning to the Root: A Culturally Relevant Approach to Mathematics Pedagogy.
Tate, William F.
Theory into Practice, v34 n3 p166-73 Sum 1995
Presents an "Africentric" approach to mathematics education built on the thinking and realities of African American children. The article explains what constitutes a foreign pedagogy to African American students and describes a three-year collaborative project with a middle school teacher who has implemented a pedagogy of social change in her mathematics classes. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Black Students, Community Change, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, Middle Schools, Public Schools, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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