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Learning Discourse: Discursive Approaches to Research in Mathematics Education

Learning Discourse: Discursive Approaches to Research in Mathematics Education

Kieran, C.
Forman, Ellice Ann
Sfard, Anna

Hardcover

General EducationGeneral MathematicsTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1402010249
ISBN13: 9781402010248
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jan 31 2003
Pages: 302
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.64
Language: English
The authors of this volume claim that mathematics can be usefully re-conceptualized as a special form of communication. As a result, the familiar discussion of mental schemes, misconceptions, and cognitive conflict is transformed into a consideration of activity, patterns of interaction, and communication failure. By equating thinking with communicating, the discursive approach also deconstructs the problematic dichotomy between individual and social research perspectives. Although each author applies his or her own analyses to the discourse generated by students and teachers grappling with mathematical problems, their joint aim is to put discursive research into the limelight and to spur thinking about its nature and its possible advantages and pitfalls. This volume is therefore addressed both to those interested in specific questions regarding classroom communication, and to those who are looking for a general conceptual lens with which to tackle the complexity of mathematical teaching and learning.

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