Authors: Eric Gutstein, Gutstein Gutstein
ISBN-13: 9780415950848, ISBN-10: 0415950848
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Mathematics education in the United States can reproduce social inequalities whether schools use either "basic-skills" curricula to prepare mainly low-income students of color for low-skilled service jobs or "standards-based" curricula to ready students for knowledge-intensive positions. And working for fundamental social change and rectifying injustice are rarely included in any mathematics curriculum. Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics argues that mathematics education should prepare students to investigate and critique injustice, and to challenge, in words and actions, oppressive structures and acts. Based on teacher-research, the book provides a theoretical framework and practical examples for how mathematics educators can connect schooling to a larger sociopolitical context and concretely teach mathematics for social justice.
Ch. 1 | Social justice, equity, and mathematics education | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Education for liberation : toward a framework for teaching mathematics for social justice | 21 |
Ch. 3 | Reading the world with mathematics : developing sociopolitical consciousness | 39 |
Ch. 4 | Writing the world with mathematics : developing a sense of social agency | 71 |
Ch. 5 | The relationship of teaching for social justice and mathematics in context | 101 |
Ch. 6 | Co-creating a classroom for social justice : possibilities and challenges | 129 |
Ch. 7 | "Lucha is what my life is about" : students' voices on social justice mathematics with Maria Barbosa, Adrian Calderon, Grisel Murillo, and Lizandra Nevarez | 165 |
Ch. 8 | "The real world as we have seen it" : parents' voices on social justice mathematics | 179 |
Ch. 9 | Conclusion : revisiting mathematics education for a global context | 199 |