Overview
- The first comprehensive book on mathematical reasoning in Papua New Guinea
- Utilizes an ecocultural perspective while focusing on current research
- Provides a strong focus on space, geometry and measurement
Part of the book series: Mathematics Education Library (MELI, volume 111)
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This book develops the theoretical perspective on visuospatial reasoning in ecocultural contexts, granting insights on how the language, gestures, and representations of different cultures reflect visuospatial reasoning in context.
For a number of years, two themes in the field of mathematics education have run parallel with each other with only a passing acquaintance. These two areas are the psychological perspective on visuospatial reasoning and ecocultural perspectives on mathematics education. This volume examines both areas of research and explores the intersection of these powerful ideas.
In addition, there has been a growing interest in sociocultural aspects of education and in particular that of Indigenous education in the field of mathematics education. There has not, however, been a sound analysis of how environmental and cultural contexts impact visuospatial reasoning, although it was noted as far back as the 1980s when Alan Bishop developed his duality of visual processing and interpreting visual information. This book provides this analysis and in so doing not only articulates new and worthwhile lines of research, but also uncovers and makes real a variety of useful professional approaches in teaching school mathematics. With a renewed interest in visuospatial reasoning in the mathematics education community, this volume is extremely timely and adds significantly to current literature on the topic.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Visuospatial Reasoning
Book Subtitle: An Ecocultural Perspective for Space, Geometry and Measurement Education
Authors: Kay Owens
Series Title: Mathematics Education Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02463-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02462-2Published: 21 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37829-9Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02463-9Published: 07 November 2014
Series ISSN: 0924-4921
Series E-ISSN: 2214-983X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 377
Number of Illustrations: 85 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mathematics Education