Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Diana Coben, Gail E. FitzSimons, John O’Donoghue

      Pages 1-11

3. Review of Research on Adults Learning Mathematics

   1. Review of Research on Adults Learning Mathematics

      • Gail E. FitzSimons, Gail L. Godden

      Pages 13-45

4. Perspectives on Research on Adults Learning Mathematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-51

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   2. Mathematics or Common Sense? Researching ‘Invisible’ Mathematics through Adults’ Mathematics Life Histories

      • Diana Coben

      Pages 53-66

   3. Researching Adults’ Knowledge Through Piagetian Clinical Exploration — the case of domestic work

      • Juan Carlos Llorente

      Pages 67-81

   4. Understanding their Thinking: the tension between the Cognitive and the Affective

      • Janet Duffin, Adrian Simpson

      Pages 83-99

5. Adults, Mathematics, Culture and Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-107

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   2. Mathematics: Certainty in an Uncertain World?

      • Roseanne Benn

      Pages 109-118

   3. Ethnomathematics and Political Struggles

      • Gelsa Knijnik

      Pages 119-133

   4. Statistical Literacy: Conceptual and Instructional issues

      • lddo Gal

      Pages 135-150

   5. The roles of feelings and logic and their interaction in the solution of everyday problems

      • Dhamma Colwell

      Pages 151-164

6. Adults, Mathematics and Work

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-170

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   2. Women, Mathematics and Work

      • Mary Harris

      Pages 171-190

   3. Technology, Competences and Mathematics

      • Tine Wedege

      Pages 191-207

   4. Mathematics and the Vocational Education and Training System

      • Gail E. FitzSimons

      Pages 209-227

7. Perspectives in Teaching Adults Mathematics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-234

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   2. Algebra for Adult Students: the Student voices

      • Katherine Safford

      Pages 235-255

   3. Exploration and Modelling in a University Mathematics Course: Perceptions of Adult Students

      • Barbara J. Miller-Reilly

      Pages 257-269

   4. Assessing Numeracy

      • John O’Donoghue

      Pages 271-287

At a time when the importance of lifelong education is becoming recognised around the world, this is the first book to explore an important but hitherto neglected area: adult mathematics education. This book is about adults learning mathematics wherever and in whatever circumstances they do so. It brings together researchers in the field and aims to lay the foundations for study and further research and practice in this fast-developing area. It aims to situate research and practice in adults learning mathematics within the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education and to be accessible both to the specialist and to the general adult reader. The book features a comprehensive review of the field which sets the scene for sections on: Perspectives on Research on Adults Learning Mathematics; Adults, Mathematics, Culture, and Society; Adults, Mathematics, and Work; and Perspectives in Teaching Adults Mathematics. Topics covered include: mathematics and common sense; statistical literacy and numeracy; new theories on learning mathematics; mathematical competences for the workplace; ethnomathematics; and the training of tutors.

• Training
• Tutor
• algebra
• education
• learning
• lifelong learning
• mathematics
• mathematics education
• university
• vocational education
• learning and instruction

• University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England

  Diana Coben

• University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  John O’Donoghue

• Monash University, Victoria, Australia

  Gail E. Fitzsimons

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