Guideline for Conducting Classroom Activities Integrated with Local Wisdom and Critical Mathematics Pedagogy to Develop Six Core Competencies

Abstract

This article aims to present the guideline and critical review on the development of using critical mathematics pedagogy integrated with local wisdom. The proposed guideline was implemented as its first trial for the course 398488 Integration of Mathematics with Local Wisdom for 62 undergraduate students of B.Ed. Mathematics Program. The participating students experienced the activities which supports an ability for using mathematics critically for inquiring their local wisdom for social change. The approach comprised 7 steps; 1) Preparation, 2) Exploration of numeracy and calculation used in local life, 3) Comprehension of numeracy and calculation used in local life, 4) Posing critical questions, 5) Discussion and discourse,
6) Presentation of discussing results and suggested calculation for local life, and 7) Driving the change. The output from this learning course was the prototype of classroom activities which integrated critical mathematics and local wisdom. Moreover, the analysis of the critical mathematics activities revealed the accordance with 6 core competencies, announced by Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ministry of Education. The authors believe that the guideline and critical review shall be useful for mathematics classroom management to serve the purpose of competencies building of students toward future citizen of critical society for fairness.