Bessot / Ridgway Education for Mathematics in the Workplace

2002
ISBN: 978-0-306-47226-8
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 265 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Mathematics Education Library

Everyone concerned with vocational education, everyone interested in cultural and cognitive aspects of mathematics

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bessot, A.

Ridgway, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mathematical Knowledge in School and at Work.- Preface.- The Transfer of Mathematics Learning From School to Work Not Straightforward But Not Impossible Either!.- Working Knowledge: Mathematics in Use.- Forms of Mathematical Knowledge Relating to Measurement in Vocational Training for the Building Industry.- The Integration of Mathematics into Vocational Courses.- Mathematical Means and Models from Vocational Contexts.- Bringing School and Workplace Together.- Preface.- Working Mathematics for Learners with Lower Abilities.- Classroom Teachers Doing Research in the Workplace.- Making Authentic Mathematics Work for All Students.- Mathematics Knowledge as a Vocational Qualification.- Educating Future Workers.- Preface.- Geometry at Work.- Teaching Mathematics to Shop-Assistant Apprentices Exploring Content and Didactical Situations.- Developing a New Mathematics Crriculum for Post-Compulsory Education.- Research Methods for Mathematics at Work.- Preface.- The Mathematical Needs of Engineering Apprentices.- Identification of some Mathematical needs Linked to the Use of Mathematics at work.- Ethnography and the Situatedness of Workplace Numeracy.- Visibility of Mathematical Objects Present in Professional Practice.- Conclusion.