Kurt Stemhagen, Catherine Henney

Democracy and Mathematics Education (eBook, PDF)

Rethinking School Math for Our Troubled Times

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Democracy and Mathematics Education, Kurt Stemhagen and Catherine Henney develop a way of thinking about the nature and purposes of math that is inclusive, participatory, and thoroughly human.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000378122
• Artikelnr.: 61647851

Autorenporträt

Kurt Stemhagen is Professor of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education with a concentration in Philosophy of Education from the University of Virginia. At VCU, he teaches doctoral courses on philosophy of educational research and philosophy of education as well as undergraduate and master's courses on democracy, diversity, and ethics. Dr. Stemhagen is co-founder and an active member of Richmond Teachers for Social Justice, a group dedicated to creating a just, democratic, sustainable, and caring society through education, solidarity, and social action.

Catherine Henney is a veteran math educator, having worked with students and teachers as both a grade level teacher and a K-8 mathematics specialist. She also teaches mathematics education courses to pre-service and in-service teachers in Virginia. She is co-author of the book It's Elementary: A Parent's Guide to K-5 Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and is currently a doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I The Problem 1. Introduction: Rethinking Math for our Troubled Times
2. Mathematics Education in Historical and Contemporary Contexts Part II
The Nature of Mathematics: Two Competing Perspectives 3. Absolutist
Mathematics: The Infallibilist/Apriorist Thesis 4. Non-Absolutist
Mathematics: The Constructivist Thesis Part III The Alternative: Democratic
Mathematics Education 5. Evolutionary/Pragmatic Perspectives 6. Democratic
Mathematics Education Part IV Enactment: Philosophy of Mathematics in and
out of the Classroom 7. Philosophies of Mathematics: Consequences and
Classroom Expressions 8. Mathematics Education Today: Making Sense of
Critical and Democratic Approaches 9. Democracy, Mathematics, and Education
Revisited

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Part I The Problem 1. Introduction: Rethinking Math for our Troubled Times 2. Mathematics Education in Historical and Contemporary Contexts Part II The Nature of Mathematics: Two Competing Perspectives 3. Absolutist Mathematics: The Infallibilist/Apriorist Thesis 4. Non-Absolutist Mathematics: The Constructivist Thesis Part III The Alternative: Democratic Mathematics Education 5. Evolutionary/Pragmatic Perspectives 6. Democratic Mathematics Education Part IV Enactment: Philosophy of Mathematics in and out of the Classroom 7. Philosophies of Mathematics: Consequences and Classroom Expressions 8. Mathematics Education Today: Making Sense of Critical and Democratic Approaches 9. Democracy, Mathematics, and Education Revisited