History of mathematics textbooks and the construction of mathematical subjectivity
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Hottinger, Sara.
Resumen
In this paper, I consider how our ideas about mathematics shape our individual and cultural relationship to the field. Specifically, I argue that histories of mathematics can play a role in the construction of a mathematical subjectivity that is both gendered and racialized. I examine a best-selling history of math textbook which uses a biographical approach to tell the story of the mathematician-hero. I show how this approach to the history of mathematics results in the construction of a mathematical subjectivity that limits who can see themselves within it. My paper ends with a consideration of a textbook that constructs a much more expansive mathematical subjectivity by teaching readers how to engage in the process of creating their own accounts of the historical development of mathematics.
Fecha
2015
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Términos clave
Desarrollo del profesor | Historia de la Educación Matemática | Libros de texto | Modelización
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Nivel educativo
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Revisado por pares
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Usuario
Título libro actas
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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623 - 634
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