Critical mathematics education : theory, praxis, and reality

• Other Authors: Ernest, Paul (Editor), Sriraman, Bharath (Editor), Ernest, Nuala (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
• Series: Cognition, equity, & society.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Educational sociology.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > General.; Teaching of a specific subject.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806610440
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-261-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : illustrations

Mathematics is traditionally seen as the most neutral of disciplines, the furthest removed from the arguments and controversy of politics and social life. However, critical mathematics challenges these assumptions and actively attacks the idea that mathematics is pure, objective, and value-neutral....