Description
This book presents the key debates that the mathematics teacher will need to understand, reflect on and engage in as part of their professional development. Issues in Mathematics Teaching is suitable for those at initial training level right through to practising mathematics teachers. Its accessible structure enables the reader to pursue the issues raised as each chapter includes suggestions for further reading and questions for reflection or debate.
Table of Contents
introduction How to make the most of this book, Peter Gates; Part 1 Setting the scene; raising the issues; Chapter 1 What is an/at issue in mathematics education?, Gates Peter; Part 2 Issues in the social context of mathematics education; Chapter 2 Mathematics teaching in the real world, Tony Cotton; Chapter 3 Language, social class and underachievement in school mathematics, Zevenbergen Robyn; Chapter 4 Gender, reason and emotion in secondary mathematics classrooms, Paechter Carrie; Chapter 5 Ethnicity and Mathematics education, Derek Kassem; Chapter 6 ‘We've Still got to Learn!’Students’ Perspectives on Ability Grouping and Mathematics Achievement, Jo Boaler, Dylan Wiliam; Chapter 7 What values do you Teach when you Teach Mathematics?, Alan Bishop; Chapter 8 Policy, practices and principles in teaching numeracy, Mike Askew; Part 3 Issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics; Chapter 9 Teaching mathematics resourcefully, Kevin Delaney; Chapter 10 Dealing with misconceptions in mathematics, Malcolm Swan; Chapter 11 Adjusting to the newcomer, Janet Ainley; Chapter 12 Reading mathematics texts, Paul Dowling; Chapter 13 Personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues in teaching mathematics*This chapter has been adapted—and considerably enlarged—from the opening address I gave to the Annual Conference of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in April 2000. The transcript of that address can be found in Mathematics Teaching 172:21–27., Jan Winter; Part 4 Issues in the assessment of mathematics; Chapter 14 Making judgements about pupils’ mathematics, Anne Watson; Chapter 15 The place of pupil writing in learning, teaching and assessing mathematics, Morgan Candia; Chapter 16 Social class and ‘real-life’ mathematics assessments, Cooper Barry; Part 5 Issues in the Culture of Mathematics Teaching; Chapter 17 Inclusion, Learning and Teaching Mathematics, Mike Ollerton; Chapter 18 Critical Mathematics Education, Paul Ernest; Chapter 19 Comparing international practice in the teaching of mathematics, Paul Andrews;
