TY - JOUR
T1 - A curriculum of mathematical practices
AU - Grootenboer, Peter
AU - Edwards-Groves, Christine
AU - Kemmis, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper argues for reconceptualising an educational curriculum that locates its primacy in practices. The argument is framed around the core purpose of education: to help people ‘live well in a world worth living in’. Living well and learning about what this means is typically guided by epistemologically based curricula, and conversely, school curricula determine the substance of education. We argue that this understanding of education is too narrow, and as a consequence, it severs the relationship between knowing and practising. We propose that a curriculum of mathematical practices is required for human flourishing, where the focus is on mathematical practices rather than predominantly on knowledge. To demonstrate our position, we consider different kinds of mathematical practices needed during the Covid-19 crisis. We examine how a practice-approach forms the basis for a future-oriented curriculum which might better equip individuals and societies to respond to conditions which disrupt their everyday circumstances.
AB - This paper argues for reconceptualising an educational curriculum that locates its primacy in practices. The argument is framed around the core purpose of education: to help people ‘live well in a world worth living in’. Living well and learning about what this means is typically guided by epistemologically based curricula, and conversely, school curricula determine the substance of education. We argue that this understanding of education is too narrow, and as a consequence, it severs the relationship between knowing and practising. We propose that a curriculum of mathematical practices is required for human flourishing, where the focus is on mathematical practices rather than predominantly on knowledge. To demonstrate our position, we consider different kinds of mathematical practices needed during the Covid-19 crisis. We examine how a practice-approach forms the basis for a future-oriented curriculum which might better equip individuals and societies to respond to conditions which disrupt their everyday circumstances.
KW - Curriculum
KW - learning
KW - mathematics education
KW - practice
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U2 - 10.1080/14681366.2021.1937678
DO - 10.1080/14681366.2021.1937678
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107618003
SN - 1468-1366
VL - 31
SP - 607
EP - 625
JO - Pedagogy, Culture and Society
JF - Pedagogy, Culture and Society
IS - 3
ER -