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ERIC Number: EJ419427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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Incorporating Race, Gender, and Class Issues into a Critical Mathematical Literacy Curriculum.
Frankenstein, Marilyn
Journal of Negro Education, v59 n3 p336-47 Sum 1990
A critical curriculum promoting mathematical literacy can be effective in involving more people of color in mathematics and science fields. A program that conveys the relevance of mathematics and statistical knowledge can be politically and socially empowering. Describes how ethnomathematics challenges the Eurocentric dichotomy between practical and abstract mathematical knowledge. (AF)
Descriptors: Black Students, College Curriculum, College Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Multicultural Education, Relevance (Education), Science and Society, Science Careers, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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