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Democracy and Mathematics Education

By Catherine Henney

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Democracy and Mathematics Education

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In Democracy and Mathematics Education, Kurt Stemhagen and Catherine Henney develop a way of thinking about the nature and purposes of math that is inclusive, participatory, and thoroughly human. They use these ideas to create a school mathematics experience that can enhance students' math abilities and democratic potential. They locate mathematics' origins in human activity and highlight the rich but often overlooked links between mathematical activity and democratic, social practices. Democratic mathematics education foregrounds student inquiry and brings to light the moral dimensions of a discipline that has both remarkable utility and inevitable limitations. For math educators, the book's humanities approach helps to see the subject anew. For philosophers, it provides an important real world context for wrestling with perennial and timely questions, engaging democratic and evolutionary theory to transform school math. This alternative approach to mathematics and mathematics education provides a guide for how to use math to make democracy a larger part of school and wider social life.

2021 Winner of the AESA Critics' Choice Book Award.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2021-05-07
Publication Date:
2021-05-07
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0367608200
ISBN13:
9780367608200
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
318 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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