356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents an approach to the teaching of mathematics that departs radically from conventional prescription-oriented and management-based methods. It brings together recent developments in such diverse fields as continental and pragmatist philosophy, enactivist thought, critical discourses, cognitive theory, evolution, ecology, and mathematics, and challenges the assumptions that... Read more
Contents *Foreword *Introduction *Close Your Eyes and Listen-Conceptual Underpinnings *An Ear to the Ground-The Subject Matter *Stood on One's Ear-The Educational Endeavor *All Ears-Cognition *Playing it by Ear-Teaching *Listening to Reason-Closing Remarks *Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Brent Davis
"This book is a work of art, an essay that engages the reader in an experience that goes beyond the intellectual processing of ideas. Davis uses language as does a poet, to affect the reader, to effect a change in the reader's experience of the subject matter, and of him or herself in that subject matter." -- J. Curriculum Studies
"Learning and expressing through sight are often predominant in our thinking, and I believe that paying more attention to sound, to listening, to hearing can open our ears to a whole new pedagogical approach to mathematics and, indeed, to other subjects. I believe Brent Davis, through this book, has done that." -- Harvard Educational Review
"It would benefit all educators interested in curriculum studies and instructional pedagogy. I recommend this book to all educators who are caught up in what they are doing and have forgotten to really listen to their students." -- Teaching Children Mathematics
