The Exploration of the Mathematics Knowledge of the People in Sangihe Regency

Abstract

This article will give depiction of the long-term purpose of the society’s participation in the learning process of children in Sangihe regency. This purpose is related to the principle of democratic learning, which highlighting that learning process has to correspond with the children’s experience and needs. The learning material and activity have to integrate the students’ knowledge and skill and they gained inside and outside the classroom. The learning source, both the object and the subject of learning, and especially the society, should be involved actively in the learning process. The society has some special knowledge about Mathematics and the knowledge should be explored in order to strengthen the regular learning at school, and also to strengthen the context related to skill and value. This research will cover some stages of identifying Mathematics learning process in the society, planning the instructional material in the form of thematic assignments, and implementing the instructional planning with the society as the facilitator or the learning partner for students. The related Mathematics concepts are the slope of the land based on the concept of trigonometry, and the model of function graph in an event happening on the field. This learning-research plan is open to variety of material and learning activity that will develop in the learning process, as a result of democratic learning.