Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers

by Eric Gutstein (Editor), Bob Peterson (Editor)

Overview

In this expanded and updated edition of Rethinking Mathematics, more than 50 articles show how to weave social justice issues throughout the mathematics curriculum, as well as how to integrate mathematics into other curricular areas. Rethinking Mathematics offers teaching ideas, lesson plans, and reflections by practitioners and mathematics educators. This is real-world math-math that helps students analyze social problems as they gain essential academic skills. This book offers hope and guidance for teachers to enliven and strengthen their math teaching. It will deepen students' understanding of society and help prepare them to be critical, active participants in a democracy. Blending theory and practice, this is the only resource of its kind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780942961553
Publisher:	Rethinking Schools, Limited
Publication date:	04/22/2013
Edition description:	Second Edition, Revised
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.60(d)

What People are Saying About This

Michael W. Apple

"An invaluable resource! Rethinking Mathematics has the potential to change the basic ways we think about and teach one of the most important subjects in schools today. With clarity and insight, it shows how teachers who are dedicated to social justice can act on their commitments in a subject that has for too long been seen as simply a technical area. "--(Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Editorial Reviews

A significant contribution to the literature on social justice and mathematics education.

Teachers College Record

An amazing collection of articles and lesson plans that infuse mathematics with a relevancy that will excite students. Use this as a supplement to your math class and you might no longer hear, 'Why do we have to learn this?' A must-have book not only for math teachers but for all teachers concerned with equity and social justice.

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