The Ethnomathematics in Making Woven Bamboo Handicrafts of Osing Community in Banyuwangi, Gintangan Village as Geometry Teaching Material

Abstract

Ethnomathematics refers to the application of mathematics in cultural life. This research was intended to describe the ethnomathematics in making woven bamboo handicrafts in Gintangan village, Banyuwangi. The things obtained in this research were the changes in of geometric teaching material, covering Test Problem Package with Ethnomatematics as the topic. The type of this research was qualitative research with ethnographic approach. The data collection methods used were observation and interview. The subjects of this research consisted of 2 persons; they were foremen who made the woven bamboo handicrafts, kukusan, ereg, tenong and nyiru. Ethnomathematics emerged when the woven craftsmen carried out the activities to measure, calculate and design. When the process of measuring the thickness of the bamboo whittles came, the measurement concept was meters (m). During the process of calculating the drying time of bamboo and the amount of bamboo whittles, comparative concept of value appeared. During the design process, the concept of quadrilateral and number sequences emerged. The result of this research was geometry teaching material in the form of test package. The question of test package was pointed for the students of class VIII at middle school. The question of Test Package covered 4 C5 and 1 C6 questions