International perspectives on social justice in mathematics education

International Perspectives and Research on Social Justice in Mathematics Education is the highly acclaimed inaugural monograph of The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast now available through IAP. The book covers prescient social, political and ethical issues for the domain of education in general and ma...

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Other Authors Sriraman, Bharath (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP/Information Age Publishing, [2008]
SeriesMontana mathematics enthusiast.
Subjects
Mathematics > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Right to education.
Educational equalization.
Education > Teaching > Subjects > General.
Teaching of a specific subject.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806619818
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-614-8
Physical Description1 online resource (vii, 251 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. On the origins of social justice: Darwin / Freire, Marx and Vivekananda, Bharath Sriraman
  • Chapter 2. Home, school, and community partnerships in numeracy education: An australian perspective / Merrilyn Goos, Tom Lowrie, and Lesley Jolly
  • Chapter 3. Peace, social justice and ethnomathematics / Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
  • Chapter 4. Mathematical marginalisation and meritocracy: Inequity in an english classroom / Andrew Noyes
  • Chapter 5. Some tensions in mathematics education for democracy / Iben Maj Christiansen
  • Chapter 6. Undertaking an archaeological dig in search of pedagogical relay / Robyn Zevenbergen and Steve Flavel
  • Chapter 7. The mathematics club for excellent students as common ground for bedouin and other Israeli youth / Miriam Amit, Michael N. Fried, and Mohammed Abu-Naja
  • Chapter 8. Some thoughts on passive resistance to learning / Tod L. Shockey and Ravin Gustafson
  • Chapter 9. Issues of status and values in the professional development of mathematics teachers / Libby Knott
  • Chapter 10. Connecting community, critical, and classical knowledge in teaching mathematics for social justice / Eric Gutstein
  • Chapter 11. How many deaths? Education for statistical empathy / Swapna Mukhopadhyay and Brian Greer
  • Chapter 12. Fundamental reasons for mathematics education in iceland / Kristín Bjarnadóttir
  • Chapter 13. "before you divide, you have to add:" inter-viewing Indian students' foregrounds / Ole Skovsmose, Helle Alríø and Paola Valero in collaboration with Ana Paula Silvério and Pedro Paulo Scandiuzzi
  • Chapter 14. Iceland and rural/urban girls-pisa 2003 examined from an emancipatory viewpoint / Olof Bjorg Steinthorsdóttir and Bharath Sriraman
  • About the contributors.

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