The argument in this chapter is that mathematics, even before its professionalisation, has
always been the domain of the select few. Attempts have been made, in recent times, to …

This book is centrally concerned with how mathematics education is represented and how
we understand mathematical teaching and learning with view to changing them. It considers …

Mathematics teaching and learning have been dominated by a concern for the intellectual
readiness of the child, debates over rote learning versus understanding and, recently …

Mathematics education frequently is theorized and organized according to standard
practices, the purpose of which is to educate adapted citizens. Even though constructivist …

Mathematical Conversations within the Practice of Mathematics is offered as a means to
question underlying assumptions and broaden current perceptions of practice and discourse …

In this chapter I argue that the ample evidence that mathematics is a discipline
predominantly attractive to white, male, middle class students can, in part, be explained by …

UBIRATAN D'AMBROSIO the mind should be separate from the body, and that nature is to
be subdued, just as feelings are to be suppressed.(Gore, 1993, p. 230) This obviously has …

This paper centers on the May 1988 Special Issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics
devoted to mathematics education and culture, which is now available in book form. It …

The teaching of mathematics from a multicultural perspective is discussed. The first two
chapters present a rationale for a multicultural approach to teaching mathematics. The third …

When authors in this book describe classrooms that promote mathematical understanding,
they each attempt to answer the question: What mathematics is it that students are expected …