RecordNumber
2380
Author
Mellone, Maria
Crop_Body
Maria Mellone · Alessandro Ramploud · Benedetto Di Paola · Francesca Martignone
Title of Article
Cultural transposition: Italian didactic experiences inspired by Chinese and Russian perspectives on whole number arithmetic
Title Of Journal
ZDM Mathematics Education
PublishInfo
FIZ Karlsruhe
Publication Year
2018
Keywords
Cultural transposition , Whole number arithmetic , Early algebra
Abstract
The paper presents some reflections and activities developed by researchers and teachers involved in teacher education
programs on cultural transposition. The construct of cultural transposition is presented as a condition for decentralizing the
didactic practice of a specific cultural context through contact with other didactic practices of different cultural contexts. We
discuss the background theoretical issues of this approach and also give an analysis of two examples of cultural transposition
experiences carried out in Italy. In particular, by means of qualitative analysis of some excerpts, discussions, and interviews,
we show that the contact with different perspectives coming from China and Russia fostered educational practices and reflections
on whole number arithmetic education.