Dialogue and learning in mathematics education : intention, reflection, critique /

• Main Author: Alr�, Helle
• Other Authors: Skovsmose, Ole
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, �2002.
• Series: Mathematics education library ; v. 29.
• Subjects: Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Communication in education.; MATHEMATICS > Study & Teaching.; Electronic books.

 Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is concerned with communication in mathematics class-rooms. In a series of empirical studies of project work, we follow students' inquiry cooperation as well as students' obstructions to inquiry cooperation. Both are considered important for a theory of learning mathematics. Special attention is paid to the notions of `dialogue' and `critique'. A central idea is that `dialogue' supports `critical learning of mathematics'. The link between dialogue and critique is developed further by including the notions of `intention' and `reflection'. Thus a theory of learning mathematics is developed which is resonant with critical mathematics education. 

 Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Communications in the Mathematics Classroom -- 2. Inquiry Co-operation -- 3. Further Development of the Inquiry Co-operation Model -- 4. Dialogue and Learning -- 5. Intention and Learning -- 6. Reflection and Learning -- 7. Critique and Learning -- 8. Critical Epistemology and the Learning of Mathematics -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.