Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice

Name: Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice
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ISBN: 9780415950848

ISBN-10: 0415950848

ISBN-13: 9780415950848

Edition: 2006

Authors: Eric Gutstein

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Mathematics education in the United States can reproduce social inequalities whether schools use either "basic-skills" curricula to prepare mainly low-income students of color for low-skilled service jobs or "standards-based" curricula to ready students for knowledge-intensive positions. Nor is working for fundamental social change rectifying injustice in the curriculum. Reading and Writing the World with Mathematicsargues that mathematics education should prepare students to investigate and critique injustice, and to challenge, in words and actions, oppressive structures and acts. Based on teacher-research, the book provides a theoretical framework and practical examples for how…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.94" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Series Editor's Introduction


Acknowledgments



Social Justice, Equity, and Mathematics Education



Education for Liberation: Toward a Framework for Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice



Reading the World with Mathematics: Developing Sociopolitical Consciousness



Writing the World with Mathematics: Developing a Sense of Social Agency



The Relationship of Teaching for Social Justice and Mathematics in Context



Co-Creating a Classroom for Social Justice: Possibilities and Challenges



"Lucha Is What My Life Is About": Students' Voices on Social Justice Mathematics with Maria Barbosa, Adrian Calderon, Grisel Murillo, and Lizandra Nevarez



"The Real World As We Have Seen It": Parents' Voices on Social Justice Mathematics



Conclusion: Revisiting Mathematics Education for a Global Context


Notes


References



Real-World Projects



Methodology


Index