Mathematics Education and Language Interpreting Hermeneutics and Post-Structuralism /

• Main Author: Brown, Tony. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Mathematics Education Library ; 20
• Subjects: Education.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Science education.; Mathematics Education.; Philosophy of Education.; Science Education.
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`Contemporary thinking on philosophy and the social sciences has been dominated by analyses that emphasise the importance of language in understanding societies and individuals functioning within them; important developments which have been under-utilised by researchers in mathematics education. Thi...

Table of Contents:

• Short Review of Recent Research
• Experiencing Mathematics
• Hermeneutics and Mathematics Education
• The Production of Mathematical Meaning: A Post-Structuralist Perspective
• Sharing Mathematical Perspectives
• The Classroom Environment
• Some Lessons
• The Phenomenology of the Mathematics Classroom
• The TeacherỚ"s Perspective
• Teacher-Student Interactions
• Developing Teacher Practice
• Conclusion
• Conclusion.