Debates in Mathematics Education - 9780367074968

Taylor & Francis

Debates in Mathematics EducationAuthor(s): Gwen Ineson, Hilary Povey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367074968, 978-0367074968\nSynopsis\nThis new and updated second edition of Debates in Mathematics Education explores the major issues that mathematics teachers encounter in their daily lives. By engaging with established and contemporary debates, this volume promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. Divided into five accessible sections, this book investigates and offers fresh insight into topics of central importance in mathematics education, with this second edition including new discussions and chapters on:\nClassic and contemporary issues of pedagogy, politics, philosophy and sociology of mathematics education\nInternational comparisons of.