| Description |
xi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Walter G. Secada -- 1. The QUASAR Project: Equity concerns meet mathematics education reform in the middle school / Edward A. Silver, Margaret Schwan Smith and Barbara Scott Nelson -- 2. Can equity thrive in a culture of mathematical excellence? / Harvey B. Keynes -- 3. Equity and mathematics education / Deborah A. Carey, Elizabeth Fennema, Thomas P. Carpenter and Megan L. Franke -- 4. Making mathematics meaningful in multicultural contexts / Gloria Ladson-Billings -- 5. Social and critical dimensions for equity in mathematics education / Walter G. Secada -- 6. Equity in mathematics education: Class in the world outside the class / Marilyn Frankenstein -- 7. Economics, equity, and the national mathematics assessment: Are we creating a national toll road? / William Tate -- 8. Equity inside the mathematics classroom: Fact or artifact? / Gilah C. Leder -- 9. Redefining the "girl problem in mathematics" / Patricia B. Campbell |
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10. Gender and mathematics from a feminist standpoint / Suzanne K. Damarin -- 11. Attitudes, persistence, and mathematics achievement: Qualifying race and sex differences / George M. A. Stanic and Laurie E. Hart --12. Making inequality: Issues of language and meanings in mathematics teaching with Hispanic students / Lena Licon Khisty -- 13. Equity in the future tense: Redefining relationships among teachers, students, and science in linguistic minority classrooms / Beth Warren and Ann S. Rosebery -- 14. Taking power seriously: New directions in equity in mathematics education and beyond / Michael W. Apple |
| Summary |
The issue of how to provide equitable schooling for ethnic and linguistic minorities has come to the forefront of education. Walter Secada has brought together researchers to examine equity from the standpoint of mathematics education, an appropriate forum for the topic, since the results are quantifiable and the disparity in performance is stark. This text first addresses broad cultural issues, such as how social class and our notion of merit enter into education. The second section of the book analyzes gender issues in maths learning, and the third and final section looks at language and mathematics |
| Analysis |
Schools Curriculum Mathematics |
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United States |
| Notes |
"Published in collaboration with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Minorities -- Education -- Mathematics.
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Minorities -- Education -- United States.
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| Author |
Byrd Adajian, Lisa.
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Fennema, Elizabeth.
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Secada, Walter G.
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National Counicl of Teachers of Mathematics
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| LC no. |
94019250 |
| ISBN |
0521471524 (hardback) |
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0521477204 (paperback) |
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