Anna Chronaki

Challenging Perspectives on Mathematics Classroom Communication (International Perspectives on Mathematics Education) Anna Chronaki

CONTENTS: Preface: Leone Burton. Introduction: Challenging Perspectives on Mathematics Classroom Communication: From Representations to Contexts, Interactions and Politics, Anna Chronaki and Iben Maj Christiansen. Theme I: Communication: Register, Communication, Context(S). Humanswith- media: Transforming Communication in the Classroom, Marcelo Borba. Integrating Different Representational Media in Geometry Classrooms, Triantillidis and Potari. Mathematics as Text, Tamsin Meaney. Theme II: Communication: Social Interactions, Social Setting, Classroom Activity. Communication in the Mathematics Classroom: Argumentation and Development of Mathematical Knowledge, Nadia Douek. Understanding Mathematical Induction in a Co-operative Setting: Merits and Limitations of Classroom Communication amongst Peers, Inger Wistedt and Gudrum Brattstrom. Conflicts and Harmonies amongst Different Aspects of Mathematical Activity, Dave Hewitt. Theme III: Communication: Practice, Community, Identity, Politics. Sharing Shoes and Counting Years: Mathematics, Colonalisation and Communication, Wenda Bauchspies. School Mathematics Discourse and the Politics of Context, Dalene Swanson. Critical Communication in and through Mathematics Classroom, Tony Cotton. Reflective Commentaries. Challenging Discourse, Anna Sfard. Challenging Perspectives, Ole Skovsmose and Helle Alro. Challenging Research Reading, Steve Lerman.