The issues of equity and quality have been central to international debates on mathematics in research, policy, curriculum and teaching. This book covers a wide variety of topics in the research and practice of mathematics education, demonstrating how equity and quality are inherently political terms whose political bedrock is obscured by them being taken for granted.
Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education is broken into four parts. Section 1 addresses the constructs of equity and quality from a variety of theoretical perspectives and outlines new directions to approach the question, “What are equity and quality?” Section 2 discusses the complexities in which the discourses of equity and quality move in constant construction and recontextualisation from societal trends to the constitution of subjectivities, passing through policy, the media and pedagogy. Section 3 covers insights and implications from research on the special needs of different “equity groups,” illuminating the way in which a “one-size-fits-all” approach tends to limit quality education to only dominant groups. And Section 4 contains lessons learned by researchers and practitioners who attempted to manage equity and quality within various educational contexts and with a variety of marginalized populations.
Written by teachers, researchers and academics from all over the world, this book represents a powerful response to the international call for quality education of all students in mathematics around the globe.
Author(s): Anna Chronaki (auth.), Bill Atweh, Mellony Graven, Walter Secada, Paola Valero (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 624
Tags: Mathematics Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Sociology of Education
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Disrupting ‘Development’ as the Quality/Equity Discourse: Cyborgs and Subalterns in School Technoscience....Pages 3-19
Beyond Gap Gazing: How Can Thinking About Education Comprehensively Help Us (Re)envision Mathematics Education?....Pages 21-34
Beyond Disavowing the Politics of Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education....Pages 35-48
Does Every Child Count? Quality, Equity and Mathematics with/in Neoliberalism....Pages 49-62
Quality and Equity in Mathematics Education as Ethical Issues....Pages 63-75
Ghettoes in the Classroom and the Construction of Possibilities....Pages 77-90
Identity as the Cornerstone of Quality and Equitable Mathematical Experiences....Pages 91-104
A Framework for Evaluating Quality and Equity in Post-Compulsory Mathematics Education....Pages 105-121
The Theoretical Landscape....Pages 123-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Equity in Quality Mathematics Education: A Global Perspective....Pages 131-144
Effects of Student-Level and School-Level Characteristics on the Quality and Equity of Mathematics Achievement in the United States: Using Factor Analysis and Hierarchical Linear Models to Inform Education Policy....Pages 145-161
Equity and Quality Issues in Mathematics Education in Malawi Schools....Pages 163-176
Looking for Equity in Policy Recommendations for Instructional Quality....Pages 177-190
Whose ‘Quality’ and ‘Equity’? The Case of Reforming 14–16 Mathematics Education in England....Pages 191-204
Equity and Quality of Mathematics Education: Research and Media Portrayals....Pages 205-222
Equity Concerns About Mathematical Modelling....Pages 223-236
Equity and the Quality of the Language Used in Mathematics Education....Pages 237-251
Foundational Mathematics: A Neglected Opportunity....Pages 253-268
How Many Sides Does a Box Have? The Struggle to Respect Young People’s Thinking....Pages 269-283
‘Sometimes I Think Wow I’m Doing Further Mathematics…’: Balancing Tensions Between Aspiring and Belonging....Pages 285-298
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Mapping Social Constructions and Complexities....Pages 299-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Students with ‘Special Rights’ for Mathematics Education....Pages 307-323
Females in Mathematics: Still on the Road to Parity....Pages 325-339
Quality and Equity in Mathematics Education: A Swedish Perspective....Pages 341-350
Equity Issues Concerning Gifted Children in Mathematics: A perspective from Mexico....Pages 351-364
Enhancing Quality and Equity in Mathematics Education for Australian Indigenous Students....Pages 365-378
Qualities of Respectful Positioning and Their Connections to Quality Mathematics....Pages 379-391
The Effects of Poverty and Language on Mathematics Achievement for English Language Learners....Pages 393-406
Toward a Framework of Principles for Ensuring Effective Mathematics Instruction for Bilingual Learners Through Curricula....Pages 407-422
Reconceptualizing Quality and Equity in the Cultivation of Minority Scholars in Mathematics Education....Pages 423-435
What Does Quality Mean in the Context of White Institutional Space?....Pages 437-450
Landmarks of Concern....Pages 451-454
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
The CERME Spirit: Issues of Quality and Inclusion in an Innovative Conference Style....Pages 457-477
Productive Pedagogies in the Mathematics Classroom: Case Studies of Quality and Equity....Pages 479-491
Mathematical Literacy in South Africa: Increasing Access and Quality in Learners’ Mathematical Participation Both in and Beyond the Classroom....Pages 493-508
Together-and-APart for Quality and Equity in Mathematics Education....Pages 509-519
Research from Practice: Using Technology to Provide Advanced Mathematics and Equity to High School Students in the United States....Pages 521-532
Parents and Teachers Collaborate to Achieve Equity and Quality in Mathematics: A Case Study....Pages 533-542
Critical Mathematics in a Secondary Setting: Promise and Problems....Pages 543-554
Mathematics Education: What is the Point?....Pages 555-568
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Equity and Quality in a Mathematics Program for Under-Represented Students at an Elite Public University....Pages 569-584
Children’s Numerical Thinking in the Early School Grades and How to Foster and Understand Its Development....Pages 585-599
No Highway and No Destination?....Pages 601-604
Back Matter....Pages 587-587
