Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education

Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education
ISBN-10
1135593345
ISBN-13
9781135593346
Category
Education
Pages
401
Language
English
Published
2009-05-20
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Brian Greer, Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Arthur B. Powell

Description

At a time of rapid demographic change and amidst the many educational challenges facing the US, this critical new collection presents mathematics education from a culturally responsive perspective. It tackles the most crucial issues of teaching mathematics to an ethnically diverse school population, including the political dimension of mathematics education within the context of governmental efforts to improve achievement in school mathematics. Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education moves beyond a point of view that is internal to mathematics education as a discipline, and instead offers a broad perspective of mathematics as a significant, liberating intellectual force in our society. The editors of this volume bring together contributions from many of the leading teachers, teacher educators, researchers, scholars, and activists who have been working to reorient mathematics education in ways that reflect mathematics education as accomplished, first and foremost, through human interactions.

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