Cultural Perspective of Mathematical Modelling: Ethnomodelling

Year 2022, Issue: 12, 253 - 270, 10.03.2022

Ayşe Arzu Arı , Barış Demir

https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1067167

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The aim of this study is to introduce the definition and development process of ethnomodelling, which has been defined and developed in the last two decades and is thought to be of interest to researchers and will also light on new studies. Ethnomodelling, which is a philosophical and methodological combination of ethnomathematics and mathematical modeling, which has been the subject of studies in recent years, will be introduced and examples in this context will be given. Expanding the history of mathematics, approaching it from a multicultural and global perspective, ethnomathematics explores and presents the mathematical thinking of traditional peoples and examines how mathematical ideas, methods and practices are used in daily life. Mathematical modeling is defined as a process that includes making a mathematical sense of a problem situation encountered in real life, solving it with the help of mathematical models, and transforming the obtained solution back into real life. In the socio-critical (critical) modeling approach, which is one of the approaches that guide mathematical modeling studies, it is emphasized that students use mathematics to understand the culture and society in which they live with a critical perspective. In this perspective, which provides the individual with critical thinking skills specific to his/her own society and culture, the rules and assumptions in real life situations are handled with a critical approach, while mathematical models that have a key role in the development of the country are presented.

Keywords

ethnomathematics, mathematical modelling, ethnomodelling, culture, perspective

Matematiksel Modellemenin Kültürel Perspektifi: Etnomodelleme

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, son yirmi yıldır çeşitli düzeyde yapılan çalışmalarla geliştirilen ve ayrıca yeni çalışmalara da ışık tutacağı düşünülen etnomodellemenin tanım ve gelişim sürecini literatüre kazandırmaktır. Etnomatematik ile son dönemlerde sıklıkla çalışmalara konu olan matematiksel modellemenin felsefi ve metodolojik olarak birleştirilmesi ile ortaya çıkan etnomodelleme tanıtılarak bu bağlamdaki örneklere yer verilmiştir. Matematik tarihini genişleterek ona çok kültürlü ve küresel perspektiften yaklaşırken geleneksel halkların matematiksel düşüncelerinin araştırılmasını ve sunumunu yapan etnomatematik matematiksel düşüncelerin, yöntemlerin ve uygulamaların günlük hayatta nasıl kullanıldığını incelemektedir. Matematiksel modelleme, gerçek yaşamda karşılaşılan bir problem durumunun matematiksel olarak anlamlandırılması, oluşturulan matematiksel modeller yardımıyla çözüme ulaştırılması ve elde edilen çözümün tekrar gerçek yaşama dönüştürülmesini içeren bir süreç olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Matematiksel modelleme çalışmalarına yön veren yaklaşımlardan biri olan sosyo-kritik (eleştirel) modelleme yaklaşımında da öğrencilerin matematiği kullanarak yaşadıkları kültür ve toplumu eleştirel bir bakışla anlama çalışmaları vurgulanmaktadır. Bireye kendi yaşadığı toplum ve kültüre özgü eleştirel düşünme becerisi kazandıran bu bakış açısında gerçek yaşam durumlarındaki kurallar ve kabuller eleştirel bir yaklaşımla ele alınırken ülkenin gelişimde anahtar role sahip matematiksel modeller ortaya konmaktadır.

Keywords

etnomatematik, matematiksel modelleme, etnomodelleme, kültür, bakış açısı

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