Embracing Mathematics
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Embracing Mathematics

On Becoming a Teacher and Changing with Mathematics

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eBook - ePub

Embracing Mathematics

On Becoming a Teacher and Changing with Mathematics

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About This Book

This alternative textbook for courses on teaching mathematics asks teachers and prospective teachers to reflect on their relationships with mathematics and how these relationships influence their teaching and the experiences of their students. Applicable to all levels of schooling, the book covers basic topics such as planning and assessment, classroom management, and organization of classroom experiences; it also introduces some novel approaches to teaching mathematics, such as psychoanalytic perspectives and post-modern conceptions of curriculum. Traditional methods-of-teaching issues are recast in a new discourse, provoking new ideas for making mathematics education meaningful to teachers as well as their students. Co-authored by a professor and coordinator of mathematics education programs, with illustrative contributions from practicing elementary, middle, and high school mathematics teachers, this book is a unique collaboration across all pre-college grades, making it ideal for teacher discussion groups at any level.

Embracing Mathematics:



  • integrates pedagogy and content exploration in ways that are unique in mathematics education



  • features textboxes with reflection questions and suggested explorations that can be easily utilized as homework for a course or as discussion opportunities for teacher reading groups



  • offers examples of teachers' action research projects that grew out of their interactions with the main chapters in the book



  • is not narrowly limited to mathematics education but incorporates curriculum studies – an invaluable asset that allows instructors to find more ways to engage students in self-reflexive acts of teaching

Embracing Mathematics is intended as a method text for undergraduate and master's-level mathematics education courses and more specialized graduate courses on mathematics education, and as a resource for teacher discussion groups.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
9781135892234
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. PREFACE: How Can I (Better) Embrace Mathematics? — David Scott Allen
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — Peter Appelbaum
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — David Scott Allen
  7. PROLOGUE: Peter Appelbaum
  8. CHAPTER 1: Planning and Assessment
  9. CHAPTER 2: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
  10. CHAPTER 3: You Are a Mathematician
  11. CHAPTER 4: Critical Thinkers Thinking Critically
  12. CHAPTER 5: Consuming Culture: Commodities and Cultural Resources
  13. CHAPTER 6: Metaphors for the Classroom Space
  14. CHAPTER 7: Places where People Learn Mathematics
  15. CHAPTER 8: When Students Don’t Learn
  16. EPILOGUE: Becoming a Teacher and Changing with Mathematics
  17. AFTERWORD: What will You Write in Your Chapter?
  18. APPENDICES
  19. BIBLIOGRAPHY