Rena Anriana, G. Witri, Z. H. Putra, Muhammad Fendrik, Dahnilsyah, Ayman Aljarrah
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This research seeks to explore the ethnomathematical study of measurements of the Bengkalis Malay community as a study of mathematics instructional material for elementary schools. The method used is an ethnographic study which is part of the qualitative research method. The data collection techniques were observation, interview, filed notes, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that there is an ethnomathematical notion on the measurement of the Bengkalis Malay community related to measurement material for elementary school, including in the topics of measuring length, weight, area, volume, and time. Those non-standard measurement units are still used and well-known in the community. In contrast, teachers and students at elementary schools only know some terminologies and do not frequently practice them in schools. Thus, the researchers recommend incorporating ethnomathematics of measurement activities from the Bengkalis Malay community as mathematics resources for learning mathematics in elementary school.
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Ethnography and Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles that illuminate educational practices through empirical methodologies, which prioritise the experiences and perspectives of those involved. The journal is open to a wide range of ethnographic research that emanates from the perspectives of sociology, linguistics, history, psychology and general educational studies as well as anthropology. The journal’s priority is to support ethnographic research that involves long-term engagement with those studied in order to understand their cultures, uses multiple methods of generating data, and recognises the centrality of the researcher in the research process. The journal welcomes substantive and methodological articles that seek to explicate and challenge the effects of educational policies and practices; interrogate and develop theories about educational structures, policies and experiences; highlight the agency of educational actors; and provide accounts of how the everyday practices of those engaged in education are instrumental in social reproduction.