Mathematics and the Body

Material Entanglements in the Classroom

AvElizabeth de Freitas,Nathalie Sinclair

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives

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Beskrivning

This book explores alternative ways to consider the relationship between mathematics and the material world. Drawing on the philosophy of Gilles Châtelet and the post-humanist materialism of Karen Barad, the authors present an 'inclusive materialist' approach to studying mathematics education. This approach offers a fresh perspective on human and nonhuman bodies, challenging current assumptions about the role of the senses, language, and ability in teaching and learning mathematics. Each chapter provides empirical examples from the classroom that demonstrate how inclusive materialism can be applied to a wide range of concerns in the field. The authors analyze recent studies on students' gestures, expressions, and drawings in order to establish a link between mathematical activity and mathematical concepts. Mathematics and the Body expands the landscape of research in mathematics education and will be an essential resource for teachers, students, and researchers alike.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-06-02
Mått:157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107039483
Utmärkelser:Short-listed for Innovations in Curriculum Studies, Division B Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association 2015

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Mer om författaren

Elizabeth de Freitas is an associate professor at the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education at Adelphi University. She is the co-editor of Opening the Research Text: Critical Insights and In(ter)ventions into Mathematics Education (2008) and an associate editor of the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics. Nathalie Sinclair is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, an associate member in the Department of Mathematics and a Canada Research Chair in Tangible Mathematics Learning at Simon Fraser University. She is also an associate editor of For the Learning of Mathematics. She is the author of Mathematics and Beauty: Aesthetic Approaches to Teaching Children (2006) and Developing Essential Understanding of Geometry for Teaching Mathematics (2012), among other books.

Recensioner i media

'This book is a fabulous and timely contribution. It is a much-needed and radical critique of current embodied approaches within mathematics education, arguing that such approaches have, in large part, retained the very splits (inner/outer, individual/social) that they hoped to overcome. The scholarship is excellent and the writing is clear and concise.' Alf Coles, University of Bristol

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. When does a body become a body?; 2. The 'ontological turn' of inclusive materialism; 3. Diagrams, gestures, movement; 4. Inventiveness in the mathematics classroom; 5. Materialist approaches to mathematics classroom discourse; 6. The sensory politics of the body mathematical; 7. Mapping the cultural formation of the mathematical aesthetic; 8. The virtuality of mathematical concepts; Conclusion.