TY - CHAP
T1 - Social justice and sociocultural perspectives in mathematics education
AU - Atweh, Bill
AU - Meaney, Tamsin
AU - McMurchy-Pilkington, Colleen
AU - Neyland, Jim
AU - Trinick, Tom
N1 - Imported on 12 May 2017 - DigiTool details were: publisher = Flaxton, QLD: Post Pressed, 2004. editor/s (773b) = Bob Perry, Glenda Anthony, Carmel Diezmann; Issue no. (773s) = 2; Parent title (773t) = Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2000-2003.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This is the third chapter on "sociocultural perspectives" to appear in MERGA reviews of trends in mathematics education in Australasia. The first chapter (Atweh, Cooper, & Kanes, 1992) considered research reported in the period 1988-1991 while the second chapter (Zevenbergen, Atweh, Kanes, & Cooper, 1996) considered research in the period 1992-1995. This chapter considers research trends in the period 2000-2003. It discusses research under three headings. Like the previous reviews, factors associated with disadvantage such as ethnicity and socioeconomic background are discussed in the first section. Factors associated with the teacher are also discussed here in the second section of the chapter. However, this discussion is limited to teachers' professionalisation and socialisation. Included in this is the area of research on teachers' values because it is an emerging area on the international scene with a significant contribution from Australasian researchers. Finally, like the previous reviews, new theoretical perspectives used by mathematics educators are reviewed in the third section of this chapter. In addition emerging interests in mathematics education in global context are also discussed.
AB - This is the third chapter on "sociocultural perspectives" to appear in MERGA reviews of trends in mathematics education in Australasia. The first chapter (Atweh, Cooper, & Kanes, 1992) considered research reported in the period 1988-1991 while the second chapter (Zevenbergen, Atweh, Kanes, & Cooper, 1996) considered research in the period 1992-1995. This chapter considers research trends in the period 2000-2003. It discusses research under three headings. Like the previous reviews, factors associated with disadvantage such as ethnicity and socioeconomic background are discussed in the first section. Factors associated with the teacher are also discussed here in the second section of the chapter. However, this discussion is limited to teachers' professionalisation and socialisation. Included in this is the area of research on teachers' values because it is an emerging area on the international scene with a significant contribution from Australasian researchers. Finally, like the previous reviews, new theoretical perspectives used by mathematics educators are reviewed in the third section of this chapter. In addition emerging interests in mathematics education in global context are also discussed.
KW - Global context
KW - Indigenous education
KW - Mathematics education research
KW - Poststructural
KW - Professional development
KW - Social factors in education
KW - Sociocultural perspective
KW - Student background
KW - Teachers as professionals
M3 - Chapter
SN - 1876682647
SP - 29
EP - 52
BT - Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2000-2003
PB - Post Pressed
CY - Flaxton, QLD
ER -