Elizabeth de Freitas, Nathalie Sinclair

Gebundenes Buch

Mathematics and the Body

Beschreibung

This books presents an 'inclusive materialist' approach to studying mathematics education, which offers a fresh perspective on human and nonhuman bodies and their relationship to mathematical concepts. The authors provide empirical examples to challenge current assumptions about the role of the senses, language, and ability in teaching and learning mathematics.

Autor

Elizabeth de Freitas is an associate professor at the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education at Adelphi University. She is the co-editor of Opening the Research Text: Critical Insights and In(ter)ventions into Mathematics Education (2008) and an associate editor of the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics.

Produktdetails

• Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781107039483
• ISBN-10: 1107039487
• Artikelnr.: 40569950