Mathematics at the Margins

• Main Authors: Warren, Elizabeth (Author), Miller, Jodie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Child development.; Mathematics Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Childhood Education.

This book reports the impact a four-year longitudinal study (Representations, Oral Language and Engagement in Mathematics (RoleM)) had on teachers and students from 16 schools in disadvantaged contexts. It offers theories with regard to the interplay between teaching and learning mathematics as teac...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Mathematics at the Margins
• Chapter 2 Being at the margins ≠ being unsuccessful at mathematics
• Chapter 3 Mathematics and marginality
• Chapter 4 Marginality and mathematics
• Chapter 5 Crossing the divide
• Chapter 6 Redressing the imbalance
• Chapter 7 Maintaining the momentum.