Unpacking Pedagogy

A Volume in International Perspectives on Mathematics Education- Cognition Equity & SocietySeries Editor Bharath Sriraman The University of Montana and Lyn English QueenslandUniversity of TechnologyThis volume represents a serious attempt to understand what it is that structures the pedagogicalexperience. In that attempt there are two main objectives. One is a theoreticalinterest that involves examining the issue of the subjectivity of the teacher and exploringhow intersubjective negotiations shape the production of classroom practice. A secondobjective is to apply these understandings to the production of mathematical knowledgeand to the construction of identities in actual mathematics classrooms. To that end thebook will contain substantial essays that draw on postmodern philosophies of the socialto explore theory's relationship with the practice of mathematics pedagogy.Unpacking Pedagogy takes new ideas seriously and engages readers in theory development. Groundbreaking in content thebook investigates how our thinking about classroom practice in general and mathematics teaching (and learning) in particularmight be transformed. As a key resource for interrogating and understanding classroom life the book's sophisticatedanalyses allow readers to build new knowledge about mathematics pedagogy. In turn that new knowledge will providethem with the tools to engage more actively in educational criticism and to play a role in educational change.