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Debates in Mathematics Education book cover

2nd Edition

Debates in Mathematics Education

Edited By Gwen Ineson, Hilary Povey Copyright 2021
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge
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This new and updated second edition of Debates in Mathematics Education explores the major issues that mathematics teachers encounter in their daily lives. By engaging with established and contemporary debates, this volume promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper... Read more

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Introduction to the series

Introduction to the volume

Preface: Welcome to the second edition of Debates in Mathematics Education

Acknowledgements

SECTION ONE: DEBATES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

  1. Learning About Mathematics Teaching From Other Countries

    2. Dylan Wiliam

  2. Mathematics Education In Translation: Mastery, Policy and Evidence

    3. Mark Boylan

    SECTION TWO: DEBATES ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE

  3. The Dark Side of Mathematics: Damaging Effects Of The Overvaluation Of Mathematics

    4. Paul Ernest

  4. School Mathematics As Social Classification

    5. Peter Gates and Andy Noyes

  5. Ability Thinking

    6. Mark Boylan and Hilary Povey

  6. Pedagogical Possibilities For All Attainment Teaching

    7. Hilary Povey

  7. Should ‘Teaching For Understanding’ Be The Pinnacle Of Mathematics Education?

    8. Anna Llewellyn

  8. Mathematics, Gender And Normativity

    9. Mark McCormack and Luis E. Morales

  9. The Financial Crisis, Popular Culture And Maths Education

    10. Heather Mendick

    SECTION THREE: DEBATES ABOUT CLASSROOM MATTERS

  10. Planning For The Unexpected: Working Within Symbolically Structured Environments

    11. Alf Coles and Nathalie Sinclair

  11. Effective Questioning And Responding In The Mathematics Classroom

    12. John Mason

  12. Debates In Task Design

    13. Anne Watson

  13. Fake News, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Divisions, Likely Futures? Debates On Digital Technologies In Mathematics Education

    14. Keith Jones

  14. Mental Maths: Just About What We Do In Our Heads?

    15. Gwen Ineson and Sunita Babbar

  15. The Role Of Examples In Mathematics Teaching

    16. Tim Rowland

    SECTION FOUR: DEBATES ABOUT MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND SOCIAL CONTENT

  16. Mathematics And Politics? Climate Change In The Mathematics Classroom

    17. Richard Barwell

  17. Mathematical Literacy: What Is It? And Is It Important?

    18. Hamsa Venkat

  18. History Of Mathematics In And For The Curriculum

    19. Leo Rogers

    SECTION FIVE: DEBATES ABOUT ASSESSMENT

  19. Formative Assessment In Mathematics Education: Key Debates

    20. Alison Barnes & Rachel Marks

  20. The Fitness And Impact Of GCSE Mathematics Examinations

    21. Ian Jones

  21. Choosing The Future: Which Mathematics?

Cathy Smith

　

　

Biography

Gwen Ineson is a senior lecturer in Mathematics Education at Brunel University London, UK, where she is director of postgraduate research and responsible for the primary mathematics programme.

Hilary Povey is Professor Emerita in Mathematics Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, where she is engaged in research, professional writing and curriculum development.

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