Daniel Clark Orey conducted a seminar at the School of Education,
Kathmandu University on 23rd December, 2013. This was his second
visit to Kathmandu University. In his visit in 2007 he took a few classes with
M.Ed students and involved in a trip to an ancient place in Sankhu. The trip
was organized to study the incorporation of ethnomathematics in formal
mathematics.
The topic of presentation was "ETHNOMODELING
AS A RESEARCH THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL
MODELING". Professors, lecturers and students of M.Ed, Mphil and the Phd
were present in the program. He discussed how ethnomodeling can be an appropriate research framework for researches on mathematics. The program shed light on the need of
incorporating ethnomathematics in formal mathematics learning/teaching. Further, the
discussions emphasized on the benefits of ethnomathematical approach in
teaching formal mathematics in promoting, cultural aspect of mathematics, empowerment,
and developing mathematics learning as a fun and interesting activity.
In 2007, he served as a Senior Fulbright Specialist to Kathmandu University where he was invited to teach a course in ethnomathematics. Prof. Orey is the former Director of Professional Development at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sacramento State. He earned his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in Multicultural Education from the University of New Mexico in 1988. During his doctoral work, he has served as a consultant at both the Colegio Americano de Puebla and to Apple de México.
Together with Milton
Rosa, he has published numerous books, articles and chapters, and has given
numerous workshops, talks and speeches in numerous countries. He speaks, writes
and is published in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
