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The article entitled "A Teacher's Perspective" provided important
information regarding the development of theories from an ethnoscientific
point of view. For other websites that can help you obtain information
about the history and culture of mathematics and science, please see below.
www.ethnomath.org
Ethnomathematics Digital Library: Search by subject, geographical area or
culture. Currently houses over 700 world wide resources with others
constantly being added.
www.rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.htm
International Study Group on Ethnomathematics: listed by ethnicity, by
social group or by utility. You will find easy access to such things as
African or Latino mathematics; math & gender, multicultural mathematics; and
ethnomathematics in the classroom. Mathematical practices include symbolic
systems, spatial designs, ways of reasoning and material activities.
www.livingmath.net/MathHistory/Ancients.html
Math History Links: Ancients and Cultures Page is a good site that aims to
connect math, history, science, literature and society. It has great links
to other sites with information on math in ancient cultures.
www.enc.org/focus.mathroots1/ and www.enc.org/focus/mathroots2/
ENC Focus has published these two issues that cover the mathematics of world
cultures and offers specific teaching strategies and resources.
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.75.00/
Multicultural Resource of Scientists and Inventors provides a great
collection of websites for specific scientists and inventors. It is a
library of internet cites.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1993/wwsci/wwsci.htm
World Wide Science is a good site to find scientific accomplishments from
around the world. You can click on a continent and then a country and find
scientists and their accomplishments from that area.
