Mathematics for Social Justice

ISBN-13: 9781032014739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 216 str.

Catherine A. Buell; Bonnie Shulman

Opis

This book contains examples of topics linking math and social justice and addresses both goals. There is a broad range of mathematics used, including statistical methods, modeling, calculus, and basic algebra.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Doing Social Justice: Turning Talk into Action in a Mathematics Service Learning Course 2 Fighting Alternative Facts: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Social Issues 3. Measuring Income Inequality in a General Education or Calculus Mathematics Classroom 4. “There Are Different Ways You Can Be Good at Math”: Quantitative Literacy, Mathematical Modeling, and Reading the World 5. The Brokenness of Broken Windows: An Introductory Statistics Project on Race, Policing, and Criminal Justice 6. Meaningful Mathematics: A Social-Justice-Themed-Introductory Statistics Course 7. Unnatural Disasters: Two Calculus Projects for Instructors Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice 8. Supermarkets, Highways, and Natural Gas Production: Statistics and Social Justice 9. Mass Incarceration and Eviction Applications in Calculus: A First-Timer Approach 10. Math for the Benefit of Society: A New Matlab-Based Gen-Ed Course 11. Using Graph Talks to Engage Undergraduates in Conversations Around Social Justice 12. Critical Conversations on Social Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics