Principles of culturally relevant education in an ethnomathematical perspective

• Rosa, Milton ^[1] ; Orey, Daniel Clark ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

     Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Revista de Educação Matemática, ISSN-e 2526-9062, ISSN 1676-8868, Nº. 17, 2020
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.37001/remat25269062v17id306
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Princípios da Educação Culturalmente Relevante em uma Perspectiva Etnomatemática
  • Principios de la Educación Culturalmente Relevante en una Perspectiva Etnomatemática
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  • español

    La implementación de una educación culturalmente relevante ayuda al desarrollo del aprendizaje intelectual, social y político de los estudiantes mediante el uso de referencias culturales para activar el conocimiento matemático. Este tipo de educación utiliza las experiencias previas de los estudiantes para hacer que el aprendizaje sea relevante y efectivo, ya que tiene como objetivo fortalecer su conexión con las actividades escolares. Las escuelas culturalmente relevantes contextualizan la instrucción y la práctica escolar mientras mantienen el rigor académico. En estas escuelas, los líderes escolares, los maestros y el personal pueden reconocer y desarrollar las fortalezas de los estudiantes mediante la aplicación de estrategias de instrucción que son culturalmente relevantes. El liderazgo culturalmente relevante se basa en la convicción de que los estudiantes pueden sobresalir en proyectos académicos. Es necesario facilitar la implementación de una pedagogía culturalmente relevante en los planes de estudio escolares, que están diseñados para sumergir la cultura escolar en los antecedentes culturales de los estudiantes, ayudándoles a conceptualizar el conocimiento. Los enfoques de las etnomatemáticas y de la pedagogía culturalmente relevante en el plan de estudios matemáticos tienen como objetivo hacer que los contenidos matemáticos sean relevantes para los estudiantes. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este artículo teórico es discutir los principios de la educación culturalmente relevante desde la perspectiva etnomatemática. 

  • English

    The implementation of culturally relevant education assists in the development of student intellectual, social, and political learning by using their cultural referents to develop mathematical knowledge. It uses prior experiences of students to make learning more relevant and effective in order to strengthen their connectedness with schooling. Culturally relevant schools contextualize teaching and instructional practices while maintaining academic rigor. In these schools, educators, teachers, school leaders, and staff members are able to recognize and build upon the strengths of the students by applying instructional strategies that are culturally relevant. Culturally relevant leadership is grounded in the conviction that students are able to excel in their academic endeavor. In this context, it is necessary to enable the implementation of culturally relevant pedagogy into the curricula, designed to fit together school culture with students’ background in order to help them to conceptualize knowledge. Ethnomathematics and culturally relevant pedagogy-based approaches to mathematics curriculum are intended to make mathematical content more meaningful and relevant to students. Hence, the main objective of this article is to discuss the importance of principles of culturally relevant education in accordance to an ethnomathematics perspective.

  • português

    A implantação da educação culturalmente relevante auxilia no desenvolvimento do aprendizado intelectual, social e político dos alunos por meio da utilização de referências culturais para desencadear o conhecimento matemático. Esse tipo de educação utiliza a experiências prévias de alunos para tornar o aprendizado relevante e efetivo, pois visa reforçar a sua conexão com as atividades escolares. As escolas culturalmente relevantes contextualizam a instrução e as práticas escolares enquanto mantém o rigor acadêmico. Nessas escolas, os líderes escolares, os professores e os funcionários são capazes de reconhecer e construir com base nos pontos fortes dos alunos por meio da aplicação de estratégias instrucionais que são culturalmente relevantes. A liderança culturalmente relevante está enraizada na convicção de que os alunos são capazes de se destacarem em projetos acadêmicos. Existe a necessidade de facilitar a implementação da pedagogia culturalmente relevante nos currículos escolares, que é projetada para embeber a cultura escolar nos backgrounds culturais dos alunos, auxiliando-os a conceituar o conhecimento. As abordagens da etnomatemática e da pedagogia culturalmente relevante no currículo matemático visam tornar os conteúdos matemáticos relevantes para os alunos. Assim, o objetivo desse artigo teórico é discutir os princípios da educação culturalmente relevante de acordo com a perspectiva etnomatemática.

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