Norway: Perspectives On Sámi Mathematics Education

Norway: Perspectives On Sámi Mathematics Education Anne Birgitte Fyhn, Ellen J. Sara Eira, and Bharath Sriraman, 2011   The Sámi are an indigenous people of the Arctic, and through a resolution of the United Nations, Norway is bound to take care of the Sámi culture and language. Since 1987 the Sámi have had their own curriculum, but they have no mathematics syllabus. In this paper we summarize the legal acts that take care of the Sámi culture within the Norwegian educational system, and...

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