My take away from the Presentation and Number with Personality article is that in all cultures numbers have been more than just symbols of quantities, they are words, and connected to perception and emotion, social relationship and judgment. Moreover, visual representation of a quantity are also linked to the sound of number words. For example, head variant glyphs in Mayan culture we're as visual metaphor for the sounds of the numbers, or In China, the good luck/ bad luck numbers such as 4 and 8 are also linked to their sounds.
It is interesting to learn about number personality in different cultures, but I would not talk about them with my secondary students. The reason is that, this topic might arise bias or judgment of people coming form different backgrounds and make some of my students uncomfortable, considering the multicultural climate of Canadian schools.
It is interesting to learn about number personality in different cultures, but I would not talk about them with my secondary students. The reason is that, this topic might arise bias or judgment of people coming form different backgrounds and make some of my students uncomfortable, considering the multicultural climate of Canadian schools.
Thanks Roya!
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