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¡Alerta, Wildfires! Our Relationship and Responsibility Kyndall Brown, Silvia Llamas-Flores, Dee Crescitelli, and Carlos LópezLeiva The TODOS Alerta! blog introduces a series of information and mathematics lessons on environmental issues that help us become aware of and rethink our collective relationship with our land and world. This blog- the second in the series- specifically explores[…]
¡Alerta! Our World Is Changing: Revealing Impacts on Our World with Mathematics Kyndall Brown, Dee Crescitelli, Silvia Llamas-Flores, and Carlos LópezLeiva Climate change has brought about expansive changes and has had negative global ecological and economic consequences. In addition, the widespread prevalence of environmental pollution has been exasperated by human-caused pollution, which causes devastating harm to[…]
Our World, Our Place, Our Home, Our Responsibility Carlos LópezLeiva, Silvia Llamas-Flores, Dee Crescitelli, and Kyndall Brown Our life experiences can talk to our bodies about how the world is all interconnected. The basic elements of our world speak to us through their embodied constant collaboration or interconnectedness. Take the fire; it grows and moves, dancing[…]
Latinidad in the US, Latinx, Latina/o, or Hispanic?: Geographies of Oppression, Race, Gender, and Language. By Carlos LópezLeiva, Silvia Llamas-Flores, Kyndall Brown The goal of this blog is to promote conversations rather than imposing solutions on group naming and identities. Here, we describe the relevance of naming an identity and a brief historical account of[…]
Ethnomathematics: Mathematics de TODOS Carlos LópezLeiva, Kyndall Brown, and Silvia Llamas-Flores Mathematics and daily life activities are connected. For many cultures and societies mathematics is not an isolated field or subject, it is part of an encompassing knowledge or science that helps us understand and work with the world (Cajete, 2000). Mathematics is often taught[…]
TODOS Blog on Voting The Mathematics of Voting and its Consequences: Ideas for Mathematics Lessons By Silvia Llamas-Flores, Carlos LópezLeiva, & Kyndall Brown As the 2018 midterm election approaches, there are many opportunities to engage students in critical issues through mathematics. This blog focuses on specific social justice issues related to voting. We are sharing[…]
Students, Teachers, Mathematics and DACA: What are some issues and opportunities? By Silvia Llamas-Flores, Kyndall Brown, and Carlos LópezLeiva This blog provides information and resources for teachers, students, and the public in general, who are interested in understanding more about DACA and the students under this program. This information could be used to[…]
January Blog: Mathematics & Diversity: Why? What do you think? Why think about diversity in the teaching and learning of mathematics? Diversity often times is deemed as limiting to what a teacher and students can do in the classroom. In other words, diversity can be seen as an issue. Have you ever noticed problems[…]
Mathematics is a cultural activity. The way in which people engage in mathematics is often determined by who they are, where they are and how they and the people around them think about mathematics. Ubiratan D’Ambrosio (2001) defines ethnomathematics as a term used to “express the relationship between culture and mathematics” (p. 308). As he[…]
TODOS in its “Taking a Stand for Humanity” statement after the presidential election presented our belief that we must work to create a more just, humanizing, and equitable mathematics education experience for all. Education happens within a context. One such context is the political climate in which children exist. Regardless of political views, we cannot[…]
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