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Mathematics Education and Language

Interpreting Hermeneutics and Post-Structuralism

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Tony Brown

    1. Didsbury School of Education, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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Part of the book series: Mathematics Education Library (MELI, volume 20)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      Pages 1-6

    2. Short Review of Recent Research

      Pages 7-20

  4. The Classroom Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-102
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    2. Some Lessons

      Pages 103-131

    3. The Phenomenology of the Mathematics Classroom

      Pages 132-158

  5. The Teacher’s Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-158
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    2. Teacher-Student Interactions

      Pages 159-171

    3. Developing Teacher Practice

      Pages 172-213

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 212-213
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    2. Conclusion

      Pages 214-243

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 244-270
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About this book

`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.'

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`Mathematics Education and Language is a highly recommendable book. The book contains many richly described episodes of mathematical activities.'
Linguistics and Education, 12:2 (2001)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Didsbury School of Education, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Tony Brown

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematics Education and Language

  • Book Subtitle: Interpreting Hermeneutics and Post-Structuralism

  • Authors: Tony Brown

  • Series Title: Mathematics Education Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47213-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-3800-2Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47213-8Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-983X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Philosophy of Education, Science Education

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