Researching the Socio-Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education
This book examines mathematics education research from socio-political perspectives. It is organized in dialogic units which examine issues such as the critique of existing research results based on the adoption of socio-political approaches; the implicat
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Mathematics Education Library VOLUME 35
Managing Editor A.J. Bishop‚ Monash University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia
Editorial Board J.P. Becker‚ Illinois‚ U.S.A. C. Keitel‚ Berlin‚ Germany G. Leder‚ Melbourne‚ Australia A. Sfard‚ Haifa‚ Israel O. Skovsmose‚ Aalborg‚ Denmark S. Turnau‚ Krakow‚ Poland
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Researching the Socio-Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education Issues of Power in Theory and Methodology
Edited by
Paola Valero Aalborg University‚ Denmark and
Robyn Zevenbergen Griffith University‚ Australia
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CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE Peter McLaren
VII
XIII
INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE SCENE OF THIS BOOK
1
Socio-political perspectives on mathematics education Paola Valero
5
FIRST DIALOGIC UNIT: CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL RESEARCH AREAS FROM SOCIO-POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES
25
The socio-political context of the mathematics classroom. Using Bernstein’s theoretical framework to understand classroom communications Stephen Lerman and Robyn Zevenbergen
27
Assessment‚ learning and identity Dylan Wiliam‚ Hannah Bartholomew and Diane Reay
43
SECOND DIALOGIC UNIT: FINDING ALTERNATIVE THEORETICAL TOOLS
63
Postmodernity and social research in mathematics education Paul Ernest
65
Problematising culture and discourse for mathematics education research. Defining the issues; tools for research Tony Cotton and Tansy Hardy
85
THIRD DIALOGIC UNIT: RESEARCHING IN CONFLICTIVE SITUATIONS
105
Dichotomies‚ complementarities and tensions. Researching mathematics teaching in its social and political context Núria Gorgorió‚ Núria Planas and Alan Bishop
107
Lessons from research with a social movement. A voice from the South Gelsa Knijnik
125
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CONTENTS
FOURTH DIALOGIC UNIT: ADDRESSING THE RESEARCHER’S POSITIONING
143
Researching the school mathematics culture of ‘others’. Creating a self–other dialogue Anna Chronaki
145
The fly on the edge of the porridge bowl. Outsider research in mathematics education Tamsin Meaney
167
FIFTH DIALOGIC UNIT: ADOPTING CRITICAL APPROACHES IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Understanding for changing and changing for understanding. Praxis between practice and theory through action research in mathematics education Bill Atweh Research methodology and critical mathematics education Ole Skovsmose and Marcelo Borba
185
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Methodological challenges for mathematics education research from a critical perspective Renuka Vithal
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