Mathematical Subjects Children Talk About Their Mathematics Lives /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Walls, Fiona (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Θέματα: Education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Child development.; Mathematics Education.; Childhood Education.

We know the process by which children become social, moral, and creative beings, but when—and how—do they become mathematical beings? This thought-provoking volume follows ten children (ages seven through eighteen) in schools in New Zealand, England, Australia, Sweden, and an international school in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Understanding Children as Mathematical Subjects: Theories and Methods
• Of Subjects, Subjectivity, and Subjectification: Subjects Made Visible
• Of Archaeology, and Genealogy: Choosing Sites and Tools
• The Art of Being Mathematical: The Primary Years
• Children at Work
• Tests and Contests
• Error and Correction
• The Emergence of Ability
• Subjects of Choice: The Secondary Years
• Form and Formula
• Measures of Success
• Keeping Up
• The Shape of Life
• Mathematical Futures: Life After School
• Girl Time and Boys’ Clubs: Mathematical Genderfication
• Background or Foreground? Home, Social Class and Ethnicity
• Contemplating a Child-Friendly Mathematical Education.