An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical...
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| description | Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers. In particular, the mathematics used in the songket weaving process, the motifs and patterns design process and the mathematical concepts found in a few selected songket patterns. Purposive sampling is used to select the subjects of this research. The songket weavers being the subjects for this study fall under two categories; six older generation traditional weavers and three younger generation contemporary weavers. Three mathematics lecturers from Universiti Teknologi MARA were chosen to be the respondents in identifying perceptions on the mathematical concepts that exist in the weaving process and the songket patterns. Questionnaires, observations, semi-structured and unstructured interviews were used to gather the data. The observations and interviews were videotaped and data was analysed using the framework of Universal Integrated Approach. This study has shown that songket weaving not only requires special skill and creativity, but mathematical knowledge and mathematical thinking is also embedded in the creative and artistic minds of the Malay songket weavers… |
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| spelling | uitm-200252018-06-11T03:30:19Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/ An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers. In particular, the mathematics used in the songket weaving process, the motifs and patterns design process and the mathematical concepts found in a few selected songket patterns. Purposive sampling is used to select the subjects of this research. The songket weavers being the subjects for this study fall under two categories; six older generation traditional weavers and three younger generation contemporary weavers. Three mathematics lecturers from Universiti Teknologi MARA were chosen to be the respondents in identifying perceptions on the mathematical concepts that exist in the weaving process and the songket patterns. Questionnaires, observations, semi-structured and unstructured interviews were used to gather the data. The observations and interviews were videotaped and data was analysed using the framework of Universal Integrated Approach. This study has shown that songket weaving not only requires special skill and creativity, but mathematical knowledge and mathematical thinking is also embedded in the creative and artistic minds of the Malay songket weavers… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/1/ABS_NOR%20MAIZAN%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2010%20IGS%2016.pdf Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan (2016) An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz. (2016) In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 10 (10). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam. |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title | An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title_full | An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title_fullStr | An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title_full_unstemmed | An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title_short | An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz |
| title_sort | ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the malay songket weavers / nor maizan abdul aziz |
| topic | Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/ |