Reading And Writing The World With Mathematics, Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice

Eric Gutstein 


Routledge | 2005 | 274 páginas | pdf | 7,2 Mb

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Mathematics education in the United States can reproduce social inequalities whether schools use either "basic-skills" curricula to prepare mainly low-income students of color for low-skilled service jobs or "standards-based" curricula to ready students for knowledge-intensive positions. And working for fundamental social change and rectifying injustice are rarely included in any mathematics curriculum. Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics argues that mathematics education should prepare students to investigate and critique injustice, and to challenge, in words and actions, oppressive structures and acts. Based on teacher-research, the book provides a theoretical framework and practical examples for how mathematics educators can connect schooling to a larger sociopolitical context and concretely teach mathematics for social justice.

Contents
Series Editor’s Introduction ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 Social Justice, Equity, and Mathematics Education 1
Chapter 2 Education for Liberation: Toward a Framework for Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice 21
Chapter 3 Reading the World with Mathematics: Developing Sociopolitical Consciousness 39
Chapter 4 Writing the World with Mathematics: Developing a Sense of Social Agency 71
Chapter 5 The Relationship of Teaching for Social Justice and Mathematics in Context 101
Chapter 6 Co-Creating a Classroom for Social Justice: Possibilities and Challenges 129
Chapter 7 “Lucha Is What My Life Is About”: Students’ Voices on Social Justice Mathematics with Maria Barbosa, Adrián Calderón, Grisel Murillo, and Lizandra Nevárez 165
Chapter 8 “The Real World As We Have Seen It”: Parents’ Voices on Social Justice Mathematics 179
Chapter 9 Conclusion: Revisiting Mathematics Education for a Global Context 199
Notes 223
References 227
Appendix 1: Real-World Projects 237
Appendix 2: Methodology 251
Index 253