Rethinking mathematics : teaching social justice by the numbers / edited by Eric Gutstein and Bob Peterson.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gutstein, Eric
Peterson, Bob, 1961-
Language:English
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Rethinking Schools, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
Social justice > Study and teaching.
Social change > United States.
Economics > Study and teaching.
Genre:
Problems, exercises, etc.
Physical Description:vii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • pt. 1. Viewing math broadly. Teaching math across the curriculum / Bob Peterson ; Reading the world with math / Marilyn Frankenstein ; Race, retrenchment, and the reform of school mathematics / William F. Tate ; Historical, cultural, and social implications of mathematics / S.E. Anderson
  • pt. 2. Infusing social justice into math classes. "Home buying while brown or black" / Eric Gutstein ; Sweatshop accounting / Larry Steele ; Chicanos have math in their blood / Luis Ortiz-Franco ; Understanding large numbers / Bob Peterson ; "With math, it's like you have more defense" / Erin E. Turner and Beatriz T. Font Strawhun ; Radical equations : a review of the book by Bob Moses and Charles E. Cobb Jr. / David Levine ; The geometry of inequality / Andrew Brantlinger ; Integrals and equity / Megan Staples ; Math, maps, and misrepresentation / Eric Gutstein ; Multicultural math / Claudia Zaslavsky
  • pt. 3. Infusing social justice math into other curricular areas. Ten chairs of inequality / Polly Kellogg ; Write the truth : presidents and slaves / Bob Peterson ; The transnational capital auction / Bill Bigelow
  • pt. 4. Resources for rethinking mathematics. Websites, math curriculum and pedagogy, books with theoretical/academic perspectives, curriculum guides/resources, children's books, sources for maps, and more.