International perspectives on social justice in mathematics education / edited by Bharath Sriraman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sriraman, Bharath, editor.

Series:

Montana mathematics enthusiast.

The Montana mathematics enthusiast : monograph series in mathematics education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Social aspects.

Mathematics.

Right to education.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 251 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] IAP/Information Age Pub 2008

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 mathematics education in particular from the perspectives of critical theory, feminist theory and social justice research. The major themes in the book are (1) relevant mathematics, teaching and learning practices for minority and marginalized students in Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, and the United States., (2) closing the achievement gap in the U.K, U.S and Iceland across classes, ethnicities and gender, and (3) the political dimensions of mathematics. The fourteen chapters are written by leading researchers in the international community interested and active in research issues of equity and social justice.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781607526148

160752614X