{"id":149123,"date":"2021-10-04T16:26:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T02:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=149123"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:43:13","slug":"ethnomathematics-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/04\/ethnomathematics-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make math fun, accessible, culturally relevant"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_23166\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7JuxFAeEwM?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Ethnomath Applied - Lily Uta&#039;i and her students\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Ethnomathematics is real-world experiential problem solving that empowers students to be locally minded, global citizens with a sense of purpose and a sense of place through education, networking and research. In 2018, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Education<\/a> (<abbr>COE<\/abbr>) began offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/14\/first-ethnomathematics-academic-program\/\">the first academic program in the world for ethnomathematics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, 34 educators have obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/ethnomath\/programs\/ethnomathematics\/\">ethnomathematics graduate certificates<\/a>, and 17 graduates have earned a <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/ethnomath\/programs\/masters\/\">curriculum studies, mathematics education master\u2019s degree<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149129\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-3.jpg\" alt=\"students at a desk\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-3.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-3-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-3-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former National Council of Teachers of Mathematics President Robert Berry, center with lei, visits Blanche Pope Elementary School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Besides those two credentials, educators who already hold a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> teaching license may add a field of licensure in ethnomathematics through the <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiteacherstandardsboard.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Teacher Standards Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>COE<\/abbr> is inviting more students and the community to innovate, explore and re-imagine education through the <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/ethnomath\/\">ethnomathematics program<\/a>. The college will host two virtual information sessions in November to provide additional information on certificates and degrees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our vision is &lsquo;Every child will know who they are, where they come from, and where they are going,&rsquo;&rdquo; said <strong>Linda Furuto<\/strong>, professor of mathematics education. &ldquo;The ethnomathematics program is intended to inform, inspire and rejuvenate participants to operationalize the knowledge and experience gained to design curriculum and implement action plans that impact equity and excellence in student learning and achievement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She added that program graduates have gone on to become teacher leaders through interconnected work with educational institutions, research organizations and community partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join an ethnomathematics virtual information session:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, November 2, 3:30&#8211;4:30 p.m. <abbr title=\"Hawaii standard time\">HST<\/abbr><abbr><\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>Friday, November 5, 4&#8211;5 p.m. <abbr>HST<\/abbr><abbr><\/abbr><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coehawaii.zoom.us\/j\/96295745136\">Join the session a few minutes before the start time<\/a> (the host will let you in).<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see the <abbr>COE<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/ethnomath\/\">ethnomathematics website<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:coemath@hawaii.edu\">coemath@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_149128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149128\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-2.jpg\" alt=\"group of people\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/manoa-ethnomathematics-utai-ntmc-visit-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-149128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethnomathematics alumna Lily <span aria-label=\"Utai\">Uta&#699;i<\/span>, left, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Professor Linda Furuto, right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about teaching ethnomathematics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[95,1357,9],"class_list":["post-149123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-education","tag-ethnomathematics","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149123"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149132,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149123\/revisions\/149132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}