UID:
almahu_9949989176902882
Format:
1 online resource (vi, 594 pages) :
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11 colour illustrations, 4 tables.
ISBN:
9781805113232
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9781805113249
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9781805113256
ISSN:
2755-2616
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2755-2624
Series Statement:
Studies on mathematics education and society vol. 2
Content:
"Mathematics is an activity-something we do-not just something inert that we study. This rich collection begins from that premise to explore the various social influences, institutional forces and lived realities that shape and mould the study and practice of mathematics, and are moulded by it in turn.These twenty-one essays explore questions of mathematics as a topic of philosophy, but also the nature and purpose of mathematics education and the role of mathematics in moulding citizens. It challenges the biases and prejudices inherent within uninformed histories of mathematics, including problems of white supremacy, the denial of cultural difference and the global homogenization of teaching methods. In particular, the book contrasts the effectiveness of mathematics and science in modelling physical phenomena and solving technical problems with its ineffectiveness in modelling social phenomena and solving human problems, and urges us to consider how mathematics might better meet the urgent crises of our age.The book addresses anybody who is interested in reflecting on the role of mathematics in society from different perspectives. It allows mathematicians to ponder about the cultural connections of mathematics and provides new perspectives for philosophical, sociological and cultural studies of mathematics. Because of the book's emphasis on education in mathematics, it is especially interesting for mathematics teachers and teacher educators to challenge their understanding of the subject."--Publisher's website.
Note:
Available through Open Book Publishers.
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1. Beginning / Brian Greer, Ole Skovsmose, David Kollosche -- 2. Why and how people develop mathematics / Brian Greer -- 3. Hardy's deep sigh / Ole Skovsmose -- 4. Formalism, structuralism, and the doctrine of neutrality / Ole Skovsmose -- 5. Dehumanisation through mathematics / David Kollosche -- 6. A short commentary on Kollosche's 'Dehumanisation through mathematics' / Roy Wagner -- 7. Intuition revived / Ole Skovsmose -- 8. Human mathematics / Ole Ravn -- 9. The case of Ramanujan: Investigating social and sociomathematical norms outside the mathematics classroom / Felix Lensing -- 10. A performative and relational ethnomathematics / Aldo Parra -- 11. A critical conception of mathematics / Ole Skovsmose -- 12. Art and anti-mathematics / Houman Harouni -- 13. How children, under instruction, develop mathematical understanding / Brian Greer -- 14. Rethinking mathematics education / Alan H. Schoenfeld -- 15. Networks, controversies, and the political in mathematics education research / Lisa Björklund Boistrup, Paola Valero -- 16. Globalisation of mathematics education and the world's first monoculture: Assessment spread's association with consumerism and human capital / Mark Wolfmeyer -- 17. Bringing ethnomathematical perspectives into classrooms / Brian Greer, Swapna Mukhopadhyay -- 18. Mathematics education as a racialized field / Christopher C. Jett, Julius Davis -- 19. Gender, mathematics, and mathematics education / David Kollosche, Daniela Steflitsch, Kora Deweis-Weidlinger -- 20. Societal perceptions of mathematics and mathematics education / Melissa Andrade-Molina, Alex Montecino Muñoz -- 21. Beginning again / Brian Greer, David Kollosche, Ole Skovsmose.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
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