Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia
Teaching mathematics in primary schools using indigenous languages as the language of instruction may present a professional challenge for teachers in several ways. Whereas most studies focused on teachers’ use of indigenous language in mathematics classrooms, there seems to be little done on the ch...
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| description | Teaching mathematics in primary schools using indigenous languages as the language of instruction may present a professional challenge for teachers in several ways. Whereas most studies focused on teachers’ use of indigenous language in mathematics classrooms, there seems to be little done on the challenges experienced by pre-service teachers while teaching mathematics in indigenous languages. This study, thus, explored the challenges experienced by pre-service teachers teaching mathematics in indigenous languages at the primary school phase in Namibian multilingual classrooms. The study used a total population sampling technique and involved 90 pre-service teachers at the Rundu campus of the University of Namibia who voluntarily completed the questionnaires. The results showed that pre-service teachers faced difficulties with some concepts that were rather literally translated from English to vernacular. Thus, the translation led to ambiguous meanings. Another challenge was that some of the learners had problems in understanding the concepts in the language of instruction as they had a different mother tongue, for example the Chokwe and Nyemba speaking learners in classes where the medium of instruction is Rukwangali. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.journals.ums.ac.id:article-15482 Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia Nahole, Martha Haimbodi, Frans Ndemupondaka Mathematics Education Mathematical concepts, Indigenous languages, language of instruction, local language. Teaching mathematics in primary schools using indigenous languages as the language of instruction may present a professional challenge for teachers in several ways. Whereas most studies focused on teachers’ use of indigenous language in mathematics classrooms, there seems to be little done on the challenges experienced by pre-service teachers while teaching mathematics in indigenous languages. This study, thus, explored the challenges experienced by pre-service teachers teaching mathematics in indigenous languages at the primary school phase in Namibian multilingual classrooms. The study used a total population sampling technique and involved 90 pre-service teachers at the Rundu campus of the University of Namibia who voluntarily completed the questionnaires. The results showed that pre-service teachers faced difficulties with some concepts that were rather literally translated from English to vernacular. Thus, the translation led to ambiguous meanings. Another challenge was that some of the learners had problems in understanding the concepts in the language of instruction as they had a different mother tongue, for example the Chokwe and Nyemba speaking learners in classes where the medium of instruction is Rukwangali. Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta 2022-02-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Qualitative research application/pdf https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu/article/view/15482 10.23917/jramathedu.v7i1.15482 JRAMathEdu (Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education); Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2022; 36-45 2541-2590 2503-3697 10.23917/jramathedu.v1i1 eng https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu/article/view/15482/7323 https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu/article/downloadSuppFile/15482/3505 Mathematics Education Learning mathematics in indigenous langauges Pre-service teachers Copyright (c) 2022 Martha Nahole, Frans Ndemupondaka Haimbodi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Mathematics Education Mathematical concepts, Indigenous languages, language of instruction, local language. Nahole, Martha Haimbodi, Frans Ndemupondaka Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia |
| title | Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia |
| title_full | Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia |
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| title_short | Pre-service teachers’ mathematical concepts in indigenous languages: Challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms, Rundu urban, Namibia |
| title_sort | pre service teachers mathematical concepts in indigenous languages challenges encountered in multilingual classrooms rundu urban namibia |
| topic | Mathematics Education Mathematical concepts, Indigenous languages, language of instruction, local language. |
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