It All Began with a Quill Box: Reflections on Show Me Your Math

Year: 2023 Authors: Lisa Lunney Borden

Core claim

Mathematics emerges most powerfully when learning begins in respectful Mi’kmaw community contexts rather than by imposing Western mathematics first.

Topics

Indigenous mathematics education, Mi’kmaw cultural practices, decolonizing curriculum, community-based learning

Domains

pi, circumference and diameter, geometry, craft, basket making, quill box making

Methods

community storytelling, Desmos activity, student projects

Media

birch bark, porcupine quills, ash baskets

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