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1 online resource (290 pages)
ISBN:
9780203990087
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This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of cultural perspectives, the new approaches described here go beyond "special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are interested in the mathematical education of women, including teachers, parents, administrators and researchers.
Content:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Equity in Mathematics Education -- Understanding Curriculum Reform -- The Early Phases of Gender Reform in Mathematics Education -- Phase One: Womenless Mathematics -- Phase Two: Women in Mathematics -- Phase Three: Women as a Problem in Mathematics -- Gender and Mathematics Education: The State of the Art -- A Transitional Phase -- Phase Four: Women as Central to Mathematics -- Conclusion: Mathematics Reconstructed -- References -- Part 1 Effecting Change -- Chapter 2 Connecting Women with Mathematics -- A Summer Journey -- Why 'An Opportunity for Young Women'? -- SummerMath: Reform within a Feminist Framework -- Staff Preparation -- Classes -- The Residential Community -- Assessment -- Avenues of Connection for Women -- Confirmation of Self in the Learning Community -- Learning in the Believing Mode of Communication and Questioning -- Taking on Challenges with Support -- The Development of Voice -- Becoming a Constructor of Knowledge -- The Journey Home -- The Case for a Single-Sex Mathematics Programme -- Strategies for Change -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The METRO Achievement Program: Helping Inner-City Girls Excel -- Introduction -- Description of the Programme -- Mathematics Component -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Who Wants to Feel Stupid All of the Time? -- Talking Mathematics -- Mathematics Register -- Making Mathematics Relevant -- The Confidence Factor -- Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 5 Assisting Women to Complete Graduate Degrees1 -- Introduction -- Confidence and Preparation, Interacting Factors -- The Social Environment and the 'Critical Mass' -- Financial Support -- Delivery of Instruction -- Conclusion -- Note -- References.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780750704014
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Equity in mathematics education London [u.a.] : Falmer Press, 1995 ISBN 0750704004
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0750704012
Language:
English
Subjects:
Education
,
Mathematics
Keywords:
Chancengleichheit
;
Mädchen
;
Mathematikunterricht
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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