New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Education - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521471524 ISBN 13 : 9780521471527

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book examines equity from the standpoint of mathematics education - an excellent forum for the topic, since the results are quantifiable and the disparity in performance is stark.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The issue of how to provide equitable schooling for ethnic and linguistic minorities has come to the forefront of education. Walter Secada has brought together top researchers to examine equity from the standpoint of mathematics education - an excellent forum for the topic, since the results are quantifiable and the disparity in performance is stark. New Directions for Equity in Mathematics Education first addresses broad cultural issues, such as how social class and our notion of merit enter into education. The second section of the book analyses gender issues in maths learning, and the third and final section looks at language and mathematics. A number of themes cut across these three groupings. For example, there is a critique of the reform movement across several chapters; many of the chapters look closely at teachers and the dynamics of the classroom. And chapters in different sections address issues of teacher empowerment and the re-skilling of teachers. Michael Apple, author of Education and Power, provides a provocative concluding chapter to the book.

Revue de presse

"Readers will be rewarded in many ways! This book should be required reading for all mathematics educators, both teachers and teachers of teachers; administrators; and policymakers." Jacqueline M. Dewar, Teaching Children Mathematics

"This volume will be useful for education researchers and those involved in the design of gender equity programs in math and science." The Monthly Forum on Women in Higher Education

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521471524
• ISBN 13: 9780521471527
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Éditeur: Secada Walter G., Fennema Elizabeth, Byrd Lisa
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France