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Mathematical Subjects - Children Talk About Their Mathematics Lives (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
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Mathematical Subjects - Children Talk About Their Mathematics Lives (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
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Teaching and learning mathematics is a political act in which
children, teachers, parents, and policy makers are made visible as
subjects. As they learn about mathematics, children are also
learning about themselves - who they are, who they might become. We
can choose to listen or not to what children have to say about
learning mathematics. Such choices constitute us in relations of
power. Mathematical know-how is widely regarded as essential not
only to the life chances of individuals, but also to the health of
communities and the economic well-being of nations. With the
globalisation of education in an increasingly market-oriented
world, mathematics has received intensified attention in the first
decade of the twenty-first century with a shifting emphasis on
utilitarian aspects of mathematics. This is reflected in the
reconceptualisation of mathematical competence as mathematical
literacy, loosely conceived as those ways of thinking, reasoning
and working "mathematically" that allow us to engage effectively in
everyday situations, in many occupations, and the cut and thrust of
world economies as active, empowered and participatory citizens. It
is no surprise then that mathematics has become one of the most
politically charged subjects in primary school curricula worldwide.
We are experiencing an unprecedented proliferation of regional and
national strategies to establish benchmarks, raise standards,
enhance achievement, close gaps, and leave no child behind in
mathematics education. Industries have sprung up around the design,
administration and monitoring of standardised assessment to measure
and compare children's mathematical achievement against identified
benchmarks and each other.
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