Etnomathematics: Traditional House Architecture in Geopark Ciletuh Sukabumi as Mathematical Learning Materials In Basic Education
Aritsya Imswatama (a*), Indra Zultiar (b)
(a) Mathematics Education Program, Muhammadiyah Sukabumi University. iaritsya[at]gmail.com
(b) Early Childhood Teacher Education Program, Muhammadiyah Sukabumi University
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to describe mathematical element in traditional house in Geopark Ciletuh Sukabumi. The type of this research is qualitative research. This research is triggered by a such condition of the low knowledge of local cultures and wisdoms owned by the students. They need to increase their knowledge of cultures and local wishdoms to integrate into their school education. In this way, there will be an integration between culture and education in school. Data collection techniques used in this research are interview, observation and documentation, then the data obtained are analyzed by using data reduction, data presentation, verification and conclusion. The results of this study show that in the architecture of traditional house there are mathematical elements such as geometry and tessellation. The results of this study can be used as an innovation and learning materials in elementary school mathematics, so it will increase students knowledge related to the application of mathematics in everyday life. It is expected that etnomatematics may become an innovation of learning mathematics in school and motivate the students to learn math related to the cultures and local wishdoms.
Keywords: ethnomathematics; traditional house architecture
Topic: Mathematics Education