Mathematics for Equity - A Framework for Successful Practice

Presents equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. The volume describes the evolution of a fundamentally different conception of learners and teaching. The chapters bring together research and reflection on teacher collaboration and professional community, student outcomes and mathematics classroom culture, reform curricula and pedagogy, and ongoing teacher development.

About the author

Na'ilah Suad Nasir is the H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Chair of African American Studies, and holds the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Carlos Cabana spent his first 20 years of teaching at Railside High School where he also served as co-chair of the mathematics department. Barbara Shreve spent 10 years teaching mathematics at Railside and currently works as a math specialist in the Oakland Unified School District. Estelle Woodbury spent 8 years teaching mathematics at Railside and currently works as a math specialist in the Oakland Unified School District. Nicole Louie studies mathematics teaching and learning at the University of California, Berkeley.
Contributors include: Jo Boaler, Ilana Seidel Horn, Judith Warren Little, and Rachel A. Lotan

Product details

• Authors: Carlos (EDT)/ S ilah Suad (EDT)/ Cabana, Na&apos Nasir, Na'ilah Suad (EDT)/ Cabana Nasir
• Assisted by: Barbara Shreve (Reader / Narrator), James A Banks (Editor), Carlos Cabana (Editor), Nicole Louie (Editor), Na’ilah Suad Nasir (Editor), Na'ilah Suad Nasir (Editor), Barbara Shreve (Editor), Estelle Woodbury (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2014
• EAN: 9780807755624
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5562-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series; Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology