Hi Amanda, I missed your presentation but thank you for putting it online. I agree that social and historical backgrounds are related to practice in schooling, which in turn affects educational success. In math education, this is an even less explored notion due to the "common sense" that math is about accuracy and abstraction which has barely anything to do with our history and cultures. I enjoy the activities you included in your pretension, especially the one using irregular shape to make circles. For me, the importance of the activity is that it can align with the local life and thus make senses to students.However, it may not have the same appeal to other people.So my question remains as what is considered important "universal" aspects that can be commonly found in many cultures?
Hi Amanda, I missed your presentation but thank you for putting it online. I agree that social and historical backgrounds are
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