Education for whom? Word problems as carriers of cultural values
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Bright, Anita.
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Is the mathematics presented in textbooks, trade books, and standardized tests neutral? Drawing from critical theory and feminist epistemologies, the purpose of this research is to examine mathematics curricular material through two questions: “What is valued?” and “Knowledge for whom?” Findings indicate that mathematics texts contain multiple examples of problems that reify hegemony, the exploitation of people, and a marked disregard for the environment. This paper includes ways mathematics educators can reconceptualize mathematics texts as inextricably linked to cultural reproduction and furthermore, to use these insights to build ways that mathematics educators can disrupt the current narratives and replace them with more equitable, inclusive, sustainable, and critical perspectives.
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2015
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Culturales | Epistemología | Estandarizada | Libros de texto | Normas socio-culturales | Tipos de problemas
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Idioma
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Proceedings of the eighth international mathematics education and society conference (volumen 2)
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Greer, Brian y Mukhopadhyay, Swapna
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355 - 368
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