Toward Equity in Quality in Mathematics Education

• Main Author: Jurdak, Murad (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Education.; Medical research.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Quality of life.; Mathematics Education.; Quality of Life Research.; Sociology of Education.

Educational equity and quality are not only research issues which cut across different disciplines but are major determinants of socio-economic and human development in both industrial and developing countries. The status and role of mathematics, a subject which has long enjoyed a privileged status...

Table of Contents:

• Equity-in-Quality in Mathematics Education: Contexts and Perspectives
• My Journey Toward Equity-in-Quality
• Historical Evolution of Equity and Quality in Education and in Math Education
• Equity-in-Quality: Towards a Theoretical Framework
• The School Context
• The National Context
• The Global Context
• Equity-in-Quality in Mathematics Education: Across Countries Comparisons Based on TIMSS 2003 Results
• Methodology
• Student-Related Inequity Factors
• Teacher-Related Inequity Factors
• School-Related Inequity Factors
• Global Inequity Factors
• Epilogue.