ETHNOMATHEMATICS IN ACTION : BRINGING INDIGENOUS CULTURE TO MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS.

Ethnomathematics is a dynamic holistic multidisciplinary and cross-culturaldiscipline. It is based on the realization that how academic mathematical knowledge gets appropriated in various societal contexts. Hence Teachers must personalize contextualize and derive mathematical knowledge from the culture of the learner; in order to give it a meaning. This Book is a series of action researches to use some cultural elements in classroom.The Book starts with an orientation to art and culture in context of Indian mathematics which comprises chapters 1 2 and 3. The next nine chapters dealt with the action researches taken by the author to integrate cultural representations in mathematics classrooms for better achievements. Rangoli Worli Paintings Tessellations of Humayuns Tomb & Gond Paintings Paper Craft like Origami & Toran Making Religious symbols like Sri-yantra constructions Indigenous games like Moksha Patam & Pachisi Field visits to historical monuments (Qutub Minar) and literature in the form of Panchtantra stories were some of the cultural integrations.