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Opening the Cage

Critique and Politics of Mathematics Education

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Ole Skovsmose

    1. Aalborg University, Denmark

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  2. Ole Skovsmose

    1. State University of São Paulo, Brazil

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  3. Brian Greer

    1. Portland State University, USA

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education (NDMS, volume 23)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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    1. Introduction

      • Ole Skovsmose, Ole Skovsmose, Brian Greer
      Pages 1-19

  3. Mathematics Education is Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Mathematics As A Weapon in The Struggle

      • Eric Rico Gutstein
      Pages 23-48

    3. A Critical Approach to Equity

      • Alexandre Pais
      Pages 49-91

    4. The Role of Mathematics in The Destruction of Communities, and What We Can Do To Reverse This Process, Including Using Mathematics

      • Munir Jamil Fasheh
      Pages 93-105

    5. The Usa Mathematics Advisory Panel

      • Brian Greer
      Pages 107-124

  4. Borderland Positions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Mathematics Teaching and Learning of Immigrant Students

      • Marta Civil
      Pages 127-142

    3. Learning of Mathematics Among Pakistani Immigrant Children in Barcelona

      • Sikunder Ali Baber
      Pages 143-166

    4. Mathematics Education Across Two Language Contexts

      • Mamokgethi Setati, Núria Planas
      Pages 167-186

    5. Genealogy of Mathematics Education in Two Brazilian Rural Forms of Life

      • Gelsa Knijnik, Fernanda Wanderer
      Pages 187-202

    6. On Becoming and Being A Critical Black Scholar in Mathematics Education

      • Danny Bernard Martin, Maisie Gholson
      Pages 203-222

    7. Totakahini

      • Swapna Mukhopadhyay
      Pages 223-225

  5. Mathematics and Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. The Hegemony of Mathematics

      • Brian Greer, Swapna Mukhopadhyay
      Pages 229-248

    3. Bringing Critical Mathematics to Work

      • Keiko Yasukawa, Tony Brown
      Pages 249-264

    4. Shaping and Being Shaped By Mathematics

      • Keiko Yasukawa, Ole Skovsmose, Ole Skovsmose, Ole Ravn
      Pages 265-283

  6. Searching For Possibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Potentials, Pitfalls, and Discriminations

      • Eva Jablonka, Uwe Gellert
      Pages 287-307
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About this book

The picture on the front of this book is an illustration for Totakahini: The tale of the parrot, by Rabindranath Tagore, in which he satirized education as a magnificent golden cage. Opening the cage addresses mathematics education as a complex socio-political phenomenon, exploring the vast terrain that spans critique and politics. Opening the cage includes contributions from educators writing critically about mathematics education in diverse contexts. They demonstrate that mathematics education is politics, they investigate borderland positions, they address the nexus of mathematics, education, and power, and they explore educational possibilities. Mathematics education is not a free enterprise. It is carried on behind bars created by economic, political, and social demands. This cage might not be as magnificent as that in Tagore’s fable. But it is strong. Opening the cage is a critical and political challenge, and we may be surprised to see what emerges.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Aalborg University, Denmark

    Ole Skovsmose

  • State University of São Paulo, Brazil

    Ole Skovsmose

  • Portland State University, USA

    Brian Greer

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