Which way social justice in mathematics education?
By: edited by Leone Burton.
Contributors: Burton, Leone, 1936-
Series: International perspectives on mathematics education
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Leone Burton -- I. Setting the scene; title: What is a gender-sensitive mathematics classroom? -- Helga Jungwirth; title: Some directions for research on equity and justice in mathematics education -- Laurie E. Hart; title: Teaching and learning mathematics: can the concept of citizenship be reclaimed for social justice? -- Hilary Povey; title: Mothers returning to study mathematics: the development of mathematical authority through evolving relationships with their children -- Christine Brew -- II. What does social justice mean in classrooms?; title: Opportunity to learn mathematics among Aymara-, Quechua-, and Spanish-speaking rural and urban fourth- and fifth-graders in Puno, Peru -- Walter G. Secada, -- Santiago Cueto, -- Fernando Andrade; title: Teachers' beliefs about teaching mathematics to students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds: implications for social justice -- Robyn Zevenbergen; title: Gender-related differences in working style during cooperative learning in secondary school mathematics: a Malawian case study -- Panji Catherine Chamdimba; title: Choosing maths/doing gender: a look at why there are more boys than girls in advanced mathematics classes in England -- Heather Mendick; title: Constructing difference: assessment in mathematics education -- Dylan William; title: First results of a study of different mathematical thinking styles of schoolchildren -- Rita Borromeo Ferri, -- Gabriele Kaiser; title: Mathematics participation, achievement, and attitudes: what's new in Australia? -- Helen J. Forgasz, -- Gilah C. Leder, -- Jan Thomas -- III. Computers and mathematics learning; title: Toys for boys? -- Leigh Wood, -- Dubravka Viskic, -- Peter Petocz; title: Computers in mathematics: a superhighway to social justice?-- Colleen M. Vale.