math education

Critical Race Theory in Math Education? — quick book review

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This 2019 book published by Routledge, a mainstream educational publisher, crossed my social-media horizon today, so I read through the material available via Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature. The volume seems to be CRT-lite or a usual expression of concerns about racism. In either case, I didn’t notice anything indicating a heavy-duty advocacy of Critical Theory. […]

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Example: Science, math, and technology

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Stephen Hicks discusses the Realist approach to science, math, and technology education. This is from Part 8 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 clip: Previous: Realist curriculum: 3 R’s, foundational knowledge and methods. Next: Realist curriculum: Example: Physical Education. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.

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Mathematics education

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Over the semester I have been reading and enjoying Michael Strong’s The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice. I was struck today by a quotation Strong draws from Peter Drucker’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship: “We have known, for instance, for several hundred years that mathematics is a problem subject in school. A small

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