Mathematics Education and Language

Interpreting Hermeneutics and Post-Structuralism
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-94-017-3800-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 270 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Mathematics Education Library

`Contemporary thinking on philosophy and the social sciences has been dominated by analyses that emphasise the importance of language in understanding societies and individuals functioning within them; important developments which have been under-utilised by researchers in mathematics education. This book reaches out to contemporary work in these broader fields; drawing on original sources in key areas such as Gadamer and Ricoeur's development of hermeneutics, Habermas' work in critical social theory, Schutz's social phenomenology, Saussure's linguistics and the post-structuralist analysis of Derrida, Foucault and Barthes. Through examining the writings of these major thinkers it is shown how language is necessarily instrumental in developing mathematical understanding; but a language that is in a permanent state of becoming, resisting stable connections to the ideas it locates. The analysis offered extends from children doing mathematics to teachers inspecting and developing their own professional practices.'

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Short Review of Recent Research.- Experiencing Mathematics.- Hermeneutics and Mathematics Education.- The Production of Mathematical Meaning: A Post-Structuralist Perspective.- Sharing Mathematical Perspectives.- The Classroom Environment.- Some Lessons.- The Phenomenology of the Mathematics Classroom.- The Teacher’s Perspective.- Teacher-Student Interactions.- Developing Teacher Practice.- Conclusion.- Conclusion.