Designing the World Around Me: Mathematics and Cultural Inspiration in Design
- Corporate Author
- Project in Citizenship and Mathematics(PiCaM)Erasmus+
- Collation
- 8 p.
- Resource Language
- English
- Year of publication
- 2017
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyDiversity / Cultural literacy / InclusivenessGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingOthers
- Resource Type
- Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
- Level of education
- Primary education
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Place of publication
- Sheffield
This activity supports the development of geometric understanding through the use of two dimensional shapes in cultural and religious symbolism and though their use in architecture, particularly in the use of tiling. Throughout there are opportunities for exploring how symbolic representations are underpinned by ideas and beliefs.
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