Social and Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education Current Thinking /

• Main Authors: Jurdak, Murad (Author), Vithal, Renuka (Author), de Freitas, Elizabeth (Author), Gates, Peter (Author), Kollosche, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Mathematics Education.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book examines the current thinking on five critical social and political areas in mathematics education. It focuses on material conditions in teaching and learning, and details features of social life and their influence on mathematics teaching, learning and achievement. Following an introducti...