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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Missionary
- Psychologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1984
- Field Date
- no date
- Notes
- John Gay and Michael Cole
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100)
- LCCN
- 67011750
- LCSH
- Kpelle (African people)