ERIC Number: ED631610
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 8
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Managing the Ongoing Impact of Colonialism on Mathematics Education
Owens, Kay
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (45th, Newcastle, Australia, Jul 2-6, 2023)
This paper is a brief summary of a large historic research project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The project aimed to document and analyse the nature of mathematics education from tens of thousands of years ago to the present. Data sources varied from first contact and later records, archaeology, oral histories, language analyses, lived experiences, memoirs, government documents, field studies, and previous research especially doctoral studies. The impacts of colonisation, post-colonial aid and globalisation on mathematics education have been analysed and an understanding of the current status of mathematics education established as neocolonial. Managing neocolonial education policies may minimise the loss of cultural ways of thinking.
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Colonialism, Educational History, Archaeology, Oral History, Discourse Analysis, Biographies, Government Publications, Records (Forms), Postcolonialism, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Maintenance, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Native Language, Money Management, Business Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea
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