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A Cultural History of Reforming Math for All: The Paradox of Making In/equality (Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education) - Softcover

Diaz, Jennifer

 
9780367877125: A Cultural History of Reforming Math for All: The Paradox of Making In/equality (Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367877120 ISBN 13: 9780367877125
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

While many accept that math is a universal, culturally indifferent subject in school, this book demonstrates that this is anything but true. Building off of a historically conscious understanding of school reform, Diaz makes the case that the language of mathematics, and the symbols through which it is communicated, is not merely about the alleged cultural indifference of mathematical thinking; rather, mathematical teaching relates to historical, cultural, political, and social understandings of equality that order who the child is and should be. Focusing on elementary math for all education reforms in America since the mid-twentieth century, Diaz offers an alternative way of thinking about the subject that recognizes the historical making of contemporary notions of inequality and difference.

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About the Author

Jennifer D. Diaz is Assistant Professor of Education at Augsburg University, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367877120
ISBN 13 
9780367877125
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
136