The Sociology of Mathematics Education: Mathematical Myths / Pedagogic Texts

ISBN-13: 9780750707923 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 352 str.

Paul Dowling

Opis

Until the 1960s, maths was studied as an academic subject in a desire to have more mathematicians. The current trend, however, has moved away from viewing maths as a purely intellectual endeavour and towards developing a more mathematically competent workforce and citizenry. This trend has seen a large increase in the number of maths schemes being produced by the major educational publishers, which attempt to make maths easier and more approachable by using language instead of symbols.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Mathematical Myths; Chapter 2 Juggling Pots and Texts; Chapter 3 Sociology, Education and the Production of 'Ability'; Chapter 4 The Analysis of School Texts: Some Empirical Antecedents; Chapter 5 Towards a Language of Description: Some Theoretical Antecedents; Chapter 6 Constructive Description and Social Activity Theory; Chapter 7 An Introduction to the Empirical Text; Chapter 8 The Textualizing of Algebra; Chapter 9 Genres of Production; Chapter 10 Setting and the Public Domain; Chapter 11 Interpellating the Teacher; Chapter 12 Disturbing and Re-establishing Equilibrium;

O autorze

Paul Dowling