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Cultural transposition: Italian didactic experiences inspired by Chinese and Russian perspectives on whole number arithmetic

Benedetto Di PaolaMaria MelloneAlessandro RamploudFrancesca Martignone

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General MathematicsCultural transposition05 social sciencesCultural contextCultural transposition; Early algebra; Whole number arithmetic050301 educationSettore MAT/04 - Matematiche ComplementariCultural transposition · Whole number arithmetic · Early algebraWhole number arithmeticTeacher educationEducationEarly algebraQualitative analysisMathematics (all)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesTransposition (logic)SociologyArithmeticAlgebra over a fieldConstruct (philosophy)Mathematics instruction0503 education050104 developmental & child psychology

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The paper presents some reflections and activities developed by researchers and teachers involved in teacher education programs on cultural transposition. The construct of cultural transposition is presented as a condition for decentralizing the didactic practice of a specific cultural context through contact with other didactic practices of different cultural contexts. We discuss the background theoretical issues of this approach and also give an analysis of two examples of cultural transposition experiences carried out in Italy. In particular, by means of qualitative analysis of some excerpts, discussions, and interviews, we show that the contact with different perspectives coming from China and Russia fostered educational practices and reflections on whole number arithmetic education.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01ZDM
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-018-0992-7