El Ajaawajaa como elemento cultural del pensamiento métrico del grado sexto: el caso de la medida (Ayaawata)

Abstract

The main purpose of this research work is to link a traditional game as a pedagogical strategy, starting from the research question: ¿What metric knowledge do the sixth grade students of the Ethno-educational institution Our Lady of Fatima develop by implementing the game Ajaawajaa as a pedagogical strategy in mathematics classes? Here we not only seek to find the metric aspects that the Wayuu use in the practice of the traditional game, but also to link it with their cosmogony, highlighting the importance for this people, the wise men and the elders as transmitters of knowledge and culture. This research is based on ethnomathematics, taking into account the contributions of D'Ambrosio (2014), where culture is taken as a main factor, based on this it is intended that students can make better use of the mathematics they are taught in school. In addition, Bishop (1999), with universal mathematical activities, is taken into account to support what refers to the game and measurement. Most of the data necessary for the development of the research were obtained through visits to indigenous communities or ranches, where ethnographic research instruments were used, such as: non-participatory observation, narratives and semi-structured interviews with the teacher and students. As for the teacher, a semi-structured interview was conducted, and the teacher's narratives were also taken into account. The data obtained were compared, obtaining as a result the existence of different instruments to make linear measurements, highlighting the units of measurement used by the Wayuu people, known as Ayaawata in Wayuunaiki or anthropomorphic measurements because they use parts of the body. At the end, a series of recommendations are proposed, which involve elements of the game and the context, as well as their own mathematics, so that the students have a better approach to measurement, through the use of different measurement instruments such as anthropomorphic measurements, which will allow them to think about mathematics within the school and their community.