Culturally responsive mathematics education

• Other Authors: Greer, G. B.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Studies in mathematical thinking and learning.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Multicultural education > United States.; Education and state > United States.; MATHEMATICS > Study & Teaching.; Electronic books.
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This critical new collection presents mathematics education from a culturally responsive perspective and offers a broad perspective of mathematics as a significant, liberating intellectual force in our society.

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Foundations and Backgrounds; 1 Culture and the Development of Mathematics: An Historical Perspective; 2 New Philosophy of Mathematics: Implications for Mathematics Education; 3 An Ethnomathematical Perspective on Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education; 4 Seeing With Many Eyes: Connections Between Anthropology and Mathematics; 5 What Mathematics Teachers Need to Know about Culture and Language; 6 The Politics of Mathematics Education in the United States: Dominant and Counter Agendas