Rethinking mathematics
Subtitle: teaching social justice by the numbers
By: edited by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson.
Contributors: Gutstein, Eric.; Peterson, Bob.
Publisher: Rethinking Schools, Ltd.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.; Mathematics -- Study and teaching.; Social justice -- Study and teaching.; Social change -- United States.; Economics -- Study and teaching.
Genres: United States.
Notes: On cover: "A Rethinking Schools publication".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Part one : viewing math broadly; value: Teaching math across the curriculum; value: Reading the world with math; value: Race, retrenchment, and the reform of school mathematics; value: Historical, cultural, and social implications of mathematics ; Part two : infusing social justice into math classes; value: "Home buying while brown or black"; value: Sweatshop accounting; value: Chicanos have math in their blood; value: Understanding large numbers; value: "With math, it's like you have more defense"; value: Radical equations : a review of the book by Bob Moses and Charles E. Cobb Jr.; value: The geometry of inequality; value: Integrals and equity; value: Math, maps, and misrepresentation; value: Multicultural math ; Part three : infusing social justice math into other curricular areas; value: Ten chairs of inequality; value: Write the truth : presidents and slaves; value: The transnational capital auction ; Part four: resources for rethinking mathematics; value: Websites, math curriculum and pedagogy, books with theoretical/academic perspectives, curriculum guides/resources, children's books, sources for maps, and more.