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Mathematics Registers in Indigenous Languages: Experiences from South Africa

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • المصدر:
      6
    • الموضوع:
      Mathematics Curriculum; Mathematics Education; Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics Instruction; Indigenous Populations; Science Education; Epistemology; Second Language Learning; Mathematics Teachers
    • الموضوع:
      South Africa
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Through reporting on an initiative in South Africa that aimed to provide epistemological access to teachers and learners of mathematics (and science) through translating mathematical concepts into two indigenous languages, this paper argues for the urgent development of mathematical registers in indigenous languages for mathematics and science. The pilot research reported on in this paper indicates that the use of a multilingual concept literacy book impacted noticeably on the code-switching practices of selected teachers who switched between English and Xhosa in their teaching of mathematics. (Contains 2 figures.) [For the complete proceedings, "Shaping the Future of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia, July 3-7, 2010)," see ED520764.]
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      11
    • الموضوع:
      2011
    • الرقم المعرف:
      ED521408