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Incorporating Multiculturalism into Maths

"Surya," said the interviewer smugly, "we are proud to be a multicultural college" - said without any irony by the manager making up a 100% white interview panel - "can you tell me how you reflect this in your teaching?" If like me you have ever felt frustrated when you are asked this (as you will be) at every job interview, then I hope you will find the following resources a good starting point to create your own, and help integrate diversity, social, cultural and moral aspects into your maths teaching:
mathematics_of_the_dreidel.doc
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lunar_calendar.doc
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multicultural_pelmanism_e3.doc
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arab_to_roman_card_match.doc
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roman_numerals_crossword.doc
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roman_numerals_film_quiz.ppt
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sunrise_sunset_worksheet.doc
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sunrise_sunset.ppt
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Articles I have written on Multicultural Maths

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Numeracy Briefing

If you enjoyed the articles you may wish to subscribe to Numeracy Briefing or download a sample issue from here:

http://www.basicskillsbulletin.co.uk/Portals/1/Samples/NBSampleIssue.pdf
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Links to useful sites


African Mathematicians
Ethnomaths Quest
Middle East Map Game
Place Value System

Sunrise sunset
Gaisma world times
Peters Map
BBC The Map Gap
ODT
Wiki Map Projections
WorldMapper Archive




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