Education for Mathematics in the Workplace
Everyone concerned with vocational education, everyone interested in cultural and cognitive aspects of mathematics.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2002.
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| Series: | Mathematics Education Library ;
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Table of Contents:
- Mathematical Knowledge in School and at Work
- Preface
- The Transfer of Mathematics Learning From School to Work Not Straightforward But Not Impossible Either!
- Working Knowledge: Mathematics in Use
- Forms of Mathematical Knowledge Relating to Measurement in Vocational Training for the Building Industry
- The Integration of Mathematics into Vocational Courses
- Mathematical Means and Models from Vocational Contexts
- Bringing School and Workplace Together
- Preface
- Working Mathematics for Learners with Lower Abilities
- Classroom Teachers Doing Research in the Workplace
- Making Authentic Mathematics Work for All Students
- Mathematics Knowledge as a Vocational Qualification
- Educating Future Workers
- Preface
- Geometry at Work
- Teaching Mathematics to Shop-Assistant Apprentices Exploring Content and Didactical Situations
- Developing a New Mathematics Crriculum for Post-Compulsory Education
- Research Methods for Mathematics at Work
- Preface
- The Mathematical Needs of Engineering Apprentices
- Identification of some Mathematical needs Linked to the Use of Mathematics at work
- Ethnography and the Situatedness of Workplace Numeracy
- Visibility of Mathematical Objects Present in Professional Practice
- Conclusion.