Mathematical relationships in education identities and participation /
While demand for the mathematically literate citizen increases, many learners continue to reject mathematics and experience it as excluding and exclusive, even when they succeed at it. In exploring this phenomenon, this volume examines the ways in which learners form particular relationships with ma...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Series: | Routledge research in education ;
26. |
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I Selection and Assessment; 2 Disabling Numbers: On the Secret Charm of Numberese and Why It Should Be Resisted; 3 Pain, Pleasure, and Power: Selecting and Assessing Defended Subjects; 4 Mathematical 'Ability' and Identity: A Sociocultural Perspective on Assessment and Selection; Part II Choice; 5 Telling Stories About Mathematics; 6 Choice: Parents, Teachers, Children, and Ability Grouping in Mathematics; 7 Special Cases: Neoliberalism, Choice, and Mathematics; Part III Curriculum.