Diversity in Mathematics Education Towards Inclusive Practices
This book presents a research focus on diversity and inclusivity in mathematics education. The challenge of diversity, largely in terms of student profiles or contextual features, is endemic in mathematics education, and is often argued to require differentiation as a response. Typically different c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Mathematics Education Library
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Surveying the territory.- Introduction: The challenge of developing inclusive mathematics learning environments.- Large scale test data: Making the invisible visible.- Impact of geographical location on student achievement: Unpacking the complexity of diversity.-Rethinking learners’ preferred mathematical task types: The values perspective.- Rethinking gender and technology: A case of graphics calculators in the Singaporean mathematics curriculum context.-Surveying the public: Revisiting mathematics and English stereotypes.-Surveying the territory: Linking research and practice in school mathematics
- II. Interrogating the boundaries.- From the individual to the collective: Rethinking curriculum to make diversity a positive resource.- Ethics and the challenges for inclusive mathematics teaching.- Valuing diversity in mathematics pedagogy: Enhancing teacher agency through values alignment.- Interrogating the boundaries: Inclusive practices in mathematics teaching - the need for noticing and producing relevant differences.– III. From diversity to practice
- (Dis)engagement and exclusion in mathematics classrooms - labels, values and significant others
- Including students with disabilities in the regular mathematics classroom: issues and innovations.- Investigating diversity in learning: How children add together single digit numbers.- Maximising opportunities in mathematics for all students: Addressing within school and within class differences
- From diversity to practice: Commentary.-Conclusion: From Theory to Practice