Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education: Intention, Reflection, Critique

Description

Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is concerned with communication in mathematics class-rooms. In a series of empirical studies of project work, we follow students' inquiry cooperation as well as students' obstructions to inquiry cooperation. Both are considered important for a theory of learning mathematics. Special attention is paid to the notions of `dialogue' and `critique'. A central idea is that `dialogue' supports `critical learning of mathematics'. The link between dialogue and critique is developed further by including the notions of `intention' and `reflection'. Thus a theory of learning mathematics is developed which is resonant with critical mathematics education. Introduction....Pages 1-20 Communication in the Mathematics Classroom....Pages 21-44 Inquiry Co-Operation....Pages 45-67 Further Development of the Inquiry Co-Operation Model....Pages 69-111 Dialogue and Learning....Pages 113-136 Intention and Learning....Pages 137-163 Reflection and Learning....Pages 165-194 Critique and Learning....Pages 195-241 Critical Epistemology and the Learning of Mathematics....Pages 243-262