Researching the Socio-political Dimensions of Mathematics Education
. Ed(S): Valero, Paola; Zevenbergen, Robyn
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Hardback. Examines mathematics education research from socio-political perspectives. This work is organised in dialogic units, which examine issues such as the critique of research results based on the adoption of socio-political approaches; the implications of alternative theoretical tools in researching mathematics education; and more. Editor(s): Valero, Paola; Zevenbergen, Robyn. Series: Mathematics Education Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Mathematics education research as a discipline is situated at the confluence of an array of diffuse‚ seemingly incommensurable‚ and radically divergent discourses. Research claims that have grown out of mathematics education are wide-ranging and antagonistic rather than circumscribed by hidebound disciplinary frames. While there has never been a unified‚ totalising discipline of knowledge labelled ‘mathematics education research’‚ and while it has always been a contested terrain‚ it is fair to say that the master paradigm out of which this field has been generated has been that of cognitive psychology. Mainstream mathematics education knowledges refracting the master discourse of psychology —whereby ... Read more
Mathematics education research as a discipline is situated at the confluence of an array of diffuse‚ seemingly incommensurable‚ and radically divergent discourses. Research claims that have grown out of mathematics education are wide-ranging and antagonistic rather than circumscribed by hidebound disciplinary frames. While there has never been a unified‚ totalising discipline of knowledge labelled ‘mathematics education research’‚ and while it has always been a contested terrain‚ it is fair to say that the master paradigm out of which this field has been generated has been that of cognitive psychology. Mainstream mathematics education knowledges refracting the master discourse of psychology —whereby ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Mathematics Education Library
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402079061
SKU
V9781402079061
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