May 2016, Vol. 47, Issue 3
Explorations of Shifting Forms of Numerical Representations and Cognitive Functions Grounded in and Emergent From Changing Collective Practices
Reviewed by Ylva Jannok Nutti, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway; Jrène Rahm, Université de Montréal, Canada
A book review of Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies by Geoffrey B. Saxe.
In the book Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies, Geoffery B. Saxe introduces the reader to the traditions of numerical representations of the Oksapmin people of Papua New Guinea. The book offers a rich story of a relational view of cognition and culture at the heart of an indigenous grounding of mathematics education and would be of interest to researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners in the field.
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