Gellert U. Educational Paths to Mathematics...Sourcebook 2015

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This book offers fresh insight and understanding of the many ways in which children, youth and adults may find their paths to mathematics. The chapters of the volume offer and analyse promising new ways into mathematics. The focus is on spaces and modalities of learning, dialogue and inquiry, embodiment and aesthetic experience, information and communication technology and on the use of mathematics in public communication. The chapters present new mathematical activities and conceptions enriching the repertoire of mathematics education practices. Critical commentaries discuss the innovative potential of the new approaches to the teaching and learning of mathematics. As a consequence, the commentaries point to requirements and open issues in the field of research in mathematics education.
Cultural Tensions in the Field of Mathematics Education
Christine Knipping , David Reid , and Hauke Straehler-Pohl
Working with Adults
Working with Pre-schoolers
Taking Spaces and Modalities into Account
Criticising Public Discourse
Organising Dialogue and Enquiry
Providing Information Technology
Transcending Boundaries