Monday, May 18, 2009

Social justice and mathematics teacher education

The next issue of Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education is apparently going to focus on social justice and mathematics teacher education. In what appears to be an editorial, Peter Gates and Robyn Jorgensen presents the topic and talks about defining the term:
Reading the articles in this and the next Special Issue will very quickly show that social justice is difficult to define, in part because it not only depends on one’s own world view, but also it depends somewhat on the situation being analysed. Social justice is a relative concept; what is unjust to some, is not unjust to others; whether we consider something is socially unjust or relationally unjust will likewise differ.
In relation to this topic, three articles have been published online the last couple of days:
You can go to the links above to read more about these articles.


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