Book
The new mathematics and an old culture: a study of learning among the Kpelle of Liberia
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Gay, John, Cole, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following some brief introductory materials on Kpelle ethnography, this work turns to a detailed discussion of how the traditional culture of the Kpelle affects the learning readiness, and perhaps even the thinking, of its children who are being taught educational concepts with strong Western connotations for which there are no previous counterparts in the culture. The authors discuss to a considerable extent points of conflict between the methods and intent of Western schools and indigenous beliefs and practices. In their exposition of the above, the authors present a great deal of information on native concepts of mathematics, enumeration, geometry, measurements (including that of time), language and logic, and the Kpelle world view.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kpelle
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Psychologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Gay and Michael Cole
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67011750
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)