The pedagogy of mathematics
Subtitle: is there a unifying logic?
By: Paul Webb, Nicky Roberts (Eds)
Publisher: Real African Publishers on behalf of the Mapungupwe Institute for Strategic Reflections (MISTRA)
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781928341116
Subjects: Mathematics; Study and teaching; Mathematics teachers; Training of
Other titles: Pedagogy of mathematics in South Africa :
Description: "This book on the pedagogy of mathematics offers an overview of that research, re-asserting some of the findings of previous studies. These include evidence that the state of mathematics teaching and performance in South Africa today reflects the impact of its colonial and apartheid past, and a racist system that presupposed that keeping mathematical knowledge from the oppressed would prove their supposed inferiority. However, this book goes beyond historical issues to pose crucial questions: why at all do we teach mathematics? What is the subject's actual utility to life? And there is a unifying logic informing our South African way of teaching mathematics? In seeking to answer these questions, the authors explore some of the best practices in mathematics  education, both locally and internationally. They argue for possible methods of nurturing mathematical thinking amongst young people in South Africa."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical and sociopolitical perspective on mathematics in South Africa; title: International frameworks and trends in mathematics reform; title: Some innovative developments in Europe, mainly France and Germany; title: Hungarian perspectives : comparative geometry in primary and secondary school; title: Stakeholder interviews; title: Primary mathematics pedagogy in South Africa : the state of play ventures for probable development; title: Teacher perceptions of the successes and challenges of a mathematics homework drive for primary learners; title: Mathematics pedagogy in South Africa ; a human and academic project; title: An ethnomathematical approach to mathematics teaching and learning in South Africa; title: A relook at the use of visualisation in the mathematics classroom using short video clips; title: Quest for a modern technology-assisted model for the teaching and learning of mathematics in secondary schools; title: Language and reasoning; title: Language as a resource in intermediate phase mathematics instruction; title: Towards a unifying pedagogy.