Download or read book The New Mathematics and an Old Culture written by John Gay and published by New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. This book was released on 1967 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case study of the teaching of mathematics to kpelle childern in Liberia to illustrate the effect of traditional cultural factors on the learning readiness of tribal peoples - examines the social structure, sociological aspects of education under given living conditions, teaching methods to cope with illiteracy and language problems, etc. Bibliography pp. 97 to 100 and diagrams.