Funds of Knowledge of Sorting and Patterning: Networks of Exchange in a Torres Strait Island Community
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This article focuses on the funds of knowledge that are mathematical in nature and how they might be used to support parents and children with their learning of mathematics that is taught and learned in the early years of school. Funds of knowledges are those that have been historically and culturally accumulated into a body of knowledge and skills essential for people's functioning and wellbeing. Drawing on community research design, where the process of learning is owned and framed by the community and its people, a consultative meeting was held to discuss the pilot project.
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- Authors
- Ewing, B.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Ewing, Bronwyn
- ORCID
- Ewing, Bronwyn
- Venue
- The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
- Publisher
- The University of Queensland
- Published
- 2012-01-22
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 131-138
- ISSN
- 1326-0111 (ISSN-L)
- 2049-7784
- OpenAlex
- W2095695980
- Cited by
- 12
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- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 1
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Faculty of Education
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Keywords
- funds of knowledge, mathematical knowledge, early childhood mathematics, indigenous mathematics education, parental involvement, community research
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