Culturally Aware Mathematics Education Technology
Abstract:
Education and learning take place in a situation that is heavily influenced by the cul-
ture of the learners’ context because this context affects a learner’s cognitive processes
in learning. Hence, to improve the conditions for learning, e-learning environments
and their contents have to be presented and interact with the learner in a culturally
appropriate way. Therefore, an e-learning system for cross-cultural usage has to adapt
to the students’ diverse cultural background. For the enculturation of the European
platform for mathematics learning, ActiveMath, a number of dimensions had to be
adapted culturally: presentation of system and learning material, terminology, selection
and sequencing of learning ob jects, interaction, and learning scenarios. The chapter
describes ActiveMath’ enculturation: the empirical basis, computational model, and
computational techniques for the cultural adaptation.
Published:
Handbook of Research on Culturally-Aware Information Technology: Perspectives and Models, Edited by Emmanuel Blanchard and Danièle Allard,
IGI Global, ISBN13: 9781615208838, 2009-08