Abstract
It is autumn 2014. Well, actually it is not. It is springtime, because as I write this I am in Brazil, preparing my talk for the Eighth International Mathematics Education and Society conference (MES8). I was really happy to receive the invitation to make this talk. I was here in the very beginning, giving a Plenary in MES1 in Nottingham in 1998.
In my talk this time I will address the question: What could critical mathematics education mean for different groups of students? I am not going to argue for distinguishing between critical mathematics education and mathematics education for social justice. I believe we are dealing with two largely overlapping educational approaches. So the title of my talk could just as well be: What could mathematics education for social justice mean for different groups of students?
The text I am presenting here, however, is not the text for my talk.
Instead in this paper, I address some philosophical issues that might only appear implicitly in my talk. Specifically, here I will reflect on the notions of uncertainty, pedagogical imagination, explorative reasoning, social justice, and critique.
In my talk this time I will address the question: What could critical mathematics education mean for different groups of students? I am not going to argue for distinguishing between critical mathematics education and mathematics education for social justice. I believe we are dealing with two largely overlapping educational approaches. So the title of my talk could just as well be: What could mathematics education for social justice mean for different groups of students?
The text I am presenting here, however, is not the text for my talk.
Instead in this paper, I address some philosophical issues that might only appear implicitly in my talk. Specifically, here I will reflect on the notions of uncertainty, pedagogical imagination, explorative reasoning, social justice, and critique.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Eight International Mathematics Education and Society Conference |
| Editors | S. Mukhopadhyay, B. Greer |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Place of Publication | Portland, USA |
| Publisher | Ooligan Press, Portland State University |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Pages | 111-124 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the Eighty International Mathematics Education and Society Conference - Portland, Portland, USA, United States Duration: 21 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015 Conference number: 8 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the Eighty International Mathematics Education and Society Conference |
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| Number | 8 |
| Location | Portland |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Portland, USA |
| Period | 21/06/2015 → 26/06/2015 |