Transnational Synergies in School Mathematics and Science Debates

Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

X, 206 Seiten

2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-28268-4 (ISBN)

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This book highlights and interrogates the continued interest and scrutiny of mathematics and science education. National debates on excellence and equity tend to focus largely on underachievement in mathematics and science rather than subjects in the arts or music: this is due to a belief that these curriculum areas are central to individual workplace success and national development in a competitive economic environment. The authors explore the history of these assumptions, as well as the debates based around claims that student achievement levels in these subjects has fallen. Spanning the United States, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, the chapters question how such debates are sustained and amplified: how has this perceived 'crisis' been articulated and spread across national borders? This comprehensive book will be of interest and value to scholars of mathematics and science education, as well as international education debates.

Roger Openshaw is Professor Emeritus at Massey University, New Zealand. Margaret Walshaw is Professor Emerita at Massey University, New Zealand.

Chapter 1. Introducing transnational synergies in school mathematics and science debates.- Chapter 2. Interrogating equity and excellence.- Chapter 3. Mathematics and science equity of the interwar years.- Chapter 4. The rise and fall of P.S.S.C. physics.- Chapter 5. The ascent of the 'New Mathematics', 1957-1970.- Chapter 6. Repurposing mathematics and science.- Chapter 7. Major overhauls of the education system.- Chapter 8. Unpacking curricula and standards.- Chapter 9. Ramping up accountability.- Chapter 10. Looking back and looking forward.

"It is rich enough in unpublished scholarly content to interest educational specialists while remaining accessible to a wider readership including mathematicians and scientists but also, hopefully, policymakers." (Frédéric Morneau-Guérin, MAA Reviews, March 8, 2020)

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education
Zusatzinfo	X, 206 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	411 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Schlagworte	Education Policy • history of education • intercultural education • Mathematics • secondary schools
ISBN-10	3-030-28268-6 / 3030282686
ISBN-13	978-3-030-28268-4 / 9783030282684
Zustand	Neuware