Transitions Between Contexts of Mathematical Practices

Guida de Abreu

ISBN 10: 9048157706 / ISBN 13: 9789048157709

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Dez 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book focuses attention on mathematics learners in transition and on their practices in different contexts; on the institutional and socio-cultural framing of the transition processes involved; and on the communication and negotiation of mathematical meanings during transition. The book offers both empirical studies and significant theoretical reflections from a socio-cultural perspective, with the aim of providing the bases for the development of more socially and culturally responsive mathematics learning environments. It will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mathematics education, cultural psychology, multicultural education, immigrant and indigenous education.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 264 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transitions Between Contexts of Mathematical Practices
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048157706
• ISBN 13: 9789048157709
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 406 grams

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This book focuses attention on mathematics learners in transition and on their practices in different contexts; on the institutional and socio-cultural framing of the transition processes involved; and on the communication and negotiation of mathematical meanings during transition. The book offers both empirical studies and significant theoretical reflections from a socio-cultural perspective, with the aim of providing the bases for the development of more socially and culturally responsive mathematics learning environments. It will appeal to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mathematics education, cultural psychology, multicultural education, immigrant and indigenous education.