Cultural Games as a Pedagogical Tool: A
Nepalese Experience of Teaching and
Learning of School Mathematics

Jaya Bishnu Pradhan

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V60P532

International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology

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Volume 60 | Number 4 | Year 2018 | Article Id. IJMTT-V60P532 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V60P532

Cultural Games as a Pedagogical Tool: A Nepalese Experience of Teaching and Learning of School Mathematics

Jaya Bishnu Pradhan

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Jaya Bishnu Pradhan, "Cultural Games as a Pedagogical Tool: A Nepalese Experience of Teaching and Learning of School Mathematics," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 198-204, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V60P532

Abstract

Game, generally, is found in every culture that allures almost all children. Many similarities in structure, rule and process are found in playing game and doing mathematics. The main objective of this paper is to observe how we can consolidate Chungi game into our day-to-day teaching and learning in order to enhance students’ mathematical understanding. A total of 5 mathematics teachers and 12 students from a public school of Kathmandu districtwere selected in the research process. The whole process of the game was observed and post-game interview was taken with the participants by the help of interview guidelines and observation checklist. The possibilities of incorporation of cultural game and its pedagogical use was observed in mathematics classroom. The mathematical knowledge hidden in the various sectors of gameplay was analyzed through examining documents, observing behaviours and interviewing teachers and students. The mathematical ideas of counting, grouping, comparing, and four fundamental operations of arithmetic were found during the analysis of field data. The game also included implicit ideas and practices of algebraic and statistical concepts

Keywords

Cultural Games, Ethnography, Ethnomathematics, Pedagogy, SchoolMathematics.

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