An Ethnomathematics Study on the Javanese Astrology

Niken Wahyu Utami, Suminto A Sayuti, Jailani Jailani

Abstract


Etnomathematics in astrology is an intellectual property inherited by human ancestors today, but in school how mathematics was discovered and created in the process humans understand life and the universe is often not mentioned, but rather in schools given mathematical products completed in the form of formulas, theorems and structures abstrak. This often makes it difficult for students to understand mathematics and consider mathematics to be far from the reality of their lives. this study aims to explore ethnomathematics in Javanese astrology in the form of predictions of fate that are currently still used and trusted by the javanese people to predict their fate in the future.  The study used ethnography to explore ethnomathematics in Javanese astrology. The data on the study was collected with literature, photo and video documentation, interviews and field records. The data is then analyzed with descriptive analysis and presented in the form of narrative reports. In this study found ethnomathematics in predictions of fate in the Javanese Book which contains the mathematical values of modulo 7, modulo 8, modulo 9, and arithmetic of number operations. The results of this study are expected to contribute science in the field of mathematics and mathematics education and can be a refeensi for teachers and researchers to develop learning that uses the context of Javanese astrology that is close and familiar with the daily life of students, especially students in java.

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Fate Prediction; Javanese Astrology; Ethnomathematics; Modulo; Arithmetics

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