Culturally responsive mathematics education
By: edited by Brian Greer ... [et al.].
Contributors: Greer, Brian.
Series: Studies in mathematical thinking and learning
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780805862638; 9780805862645; 9780203879948
Subjects: Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Multicultural education -- United States; Education and state -- United States
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."--BOOK JACKET.