Suggests that the invention and construction of traditional American Indian string figures possess elements associated with mathematical thought: logic-intuition, generality-individuality, and analysis-synthesis. Contains 16 references and several historical observations of string figures. (SV)

Proposes a framework to review the literature of the culture of mathematics, specifically in the use of the term ethnomathematics. Derives a definition of ethnomathematics; reviews two examples as a test of the power of the definition and the resultant description of ethnomathematics. (Author/MKR)

Until recent times, it seemed evident that to study another culture successfully, one was obliged to understand it clearly and accurately, exactly as it understood itself, with all its inherent contradictions. Lately that paradigm has changed to an almost exclusive and unquestioning focus on the grievances of the other culture and the oppression…

This article explores policy and curriculum diffusion in southern and eastern Africa through an examination of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and outcomes-based education. The article argues that the NQF was adopted for different reasons in different contexts, but that discourse coalitions and conferences have been critical in…

This research examined the ways politically active secondary teachers, involved either in formal politics or in social movements, practiced citizenship education in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Toronto, Canada. The author's aim was to explore the complex ways and multiple spaces in which these teachers' roles as both citizens and citizenship…

Framed within Coleman's theory of family capital, this article examines how different home variables such as family physical, human and social capital affect immigrant children's second-language acquisition in the homes of four Chinese immigrant families in Canada. Specifically, the study analyzes the relationships between family physical capital…

This guidebook to learning procedures in cultural sensitivity and ethnographic data-gathering is designed for professionals and preprofessionals whose duties involve ethnics. It is specifically suggested for use by "intermittent" ethnographers (those who may use weekends and vacations to study ethnic enclaves both within large cities and in the…

This paper is an explanation of the music of nine ceremonies of the Sioux Indians that are recorded on tape in the Library of Congress. The purpose and description of the ceremonies are given here, as well as an explanation of who is singing the songs, and when they were recorded. Some of the songs included are for the Sun Dance, Braves Dance,…

This article illustrates the importance of anthropology to the multicultural approach to education and depicts the relationship between anthropology and multicultural education as both reciprocal and intimate. (MM)

Historians have been trying to counter the version of the Indian past found in traditional histories, which is often racist and usually written from a European perspective, but they have not yet agreed on what to replace it with. (MSE)

Defines ethnomethodology as the study of how reasoning and activities are organizable within the limits and resources of a culture as rational, identifiable events and occurrences. Discusses the aims, practices, and values of ethnomethodology, suggesting that it not be judged by the criteria of logical positivism. (DMM)

A conflict between a missionary and a fur trader, which involved the ethnographer and the small community of Athabascan-speaking Indians in the Canadian Arctic, is analyzed. (NQ)

The research on aging in a Valley Zapotec community in Mexico reported here takes into consideration the broad socio-cultural context through which life is experienced and the social psychological significance of developmental changes as these apply to people in maturity and old age. (Author)

Describes archaeological research in the United States. Reconstructs history of Paleo-Indian migrations, discussing archaeological evidence and opposing views regarding specific dates. Reveals cultural details gathered from specific studies at Meadowcroft (Pennsylvania) and Thunderbird (Virginia). (CS)