Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics

<p>Mathematics education in the United States can reproduce social inequalities whether schools use either "basic-skills" curricula to prepare mainly low-income students of color for low-skilled service jobs or "standards-based" curricula to ready students for knowledge-intensive positions. And working for fundamental social change and rectifying injustice are rarely included in any mathematics curriculum. <em>Reading and Writing the World with</em><em>Mathematics</em> argues that mathematics education should prepare students to investigate and critique injustice, and to challenge, in words and actions, oppressive structures and acts. Based on teacher-research, the book provides a theoretical framework and practical examples for how mathematics educators can connect schooling to a larger sociopolitical context and concretely teach mathematics for social justice.</p> Series Editor's Introduction to Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics Acknowledgments 1. Social Justice, Equity, and Mathematics Education 2. Education for Liberation: A Framework for Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice 3. Reading the World with Mathematics: Developing Sociopolitical Consciousness 4. Writing the World with Mathematics: Developing a Sense of Social Agency 5. The Relationship of Teaching for Social Justice and Mathematics in Context 6. Co-creating a Classroom for Social Justice: Possibilities and Challenges 7. Lucha is What My Life is About: Students' Voices on Social Justice Mathematics 8. Real Life As We Have Seen It: Parents' Voices on Social Justice Mathematics 9. Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Notes References