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This book presents the important role of mathematics in the teaching of financial education. Through a conceptualization of financial numeracy as a social practice, it focuses on the teaching practices, resources, and needs of secondary mathematics teachers (grades 7-12) to incorporate financial concepts in their classes. The editors and authors bring forth a novel perspective regarding mathematics education in the digital era. By focusing on financial numeracy, a key component of skills required in the digital era, they discuss important issues related to the teaching and learning of mathematics and finance. In contrary to most research in the field of financial education coming from scholars in areas such as business, accounting, management and economics, this book introduces the contribution of researchers from the field of education to the debate.
The book appeals to an international audience composed of researchers, stakeholders, policymakers, teachers, and teacher educators.
List of contents
Section 1: Theoretical perspectives Introduction: Financial Education in the Digital Era (Annie & Alex).- Chapter 1. Financial Education and Mathematics from an epistemological point of view.- Chapter 2. Financial Education in the Mathematics curricula: Financial knowledge when teaching Mathematics.- Section 2: Research perspectives - a study on Secondary Mathematics teachers' needs.- Chapter 3. Background of the project (including how we collected the data).- Chapter 4. Building an instrument for research in Financial Education in schools (Quebec and Romania).- Chapter 5. Using tasks to elicit mathematics teachers' thinking in Financial Education.- Chapter 6. Mathematics Teachers' representations of Financial Education.- Chapter 7. Making sense of mathematics: students questioning financial contexts when learning Mathematics.- Section 3: Financial Education and Mathematics: practice perspectives in K-12.- Chapter 8. Some situations to implement Financial Education in Mathematics classrooms.- Chapter 9. Training mathematics teachers to incorporate Financial Education.- Chapter 10. Mathematics teachers' needs in Financial Education: Implications for leadership.- Chapter 11. Ethical considerations on doing research on Financial Education in the Digital Era.- Chapter 12. Financial Education as an emerging field in Education: looking to the future.
About the author
Annie Savard is an associate professor at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). Her research program focuses on the contribution of mathematical competencies to the development of citizenship competencies such as decision-making or critical thinking in regard to financial education. She is also interested by the professional development of teachers, which brought her to work with different communities of teachers, from Nunavik in Canada, to Romania and several African countries such as Côte D'Ivoire, DCR, Djibouti, Mali, and Rwanda.
Alexandre Cavalcante is an assistant professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at OISE, University of Toronto. His research is centered around numeracy education and how it can respond to the demands of a society in transition. He has worked in the field of mathematics and science teacher education with different researchers, governments, and organizations inBrazil, China, Romania, and South Korea. Alexandre's research interests include financial literacy and numeracy, ethnomathematics, critical mathematics education, informal numeracy practices, entrepreneurship, and citizenship.
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"This could also be used as a supplementary book for a graduate-level mathematics education student studying financial numeracy." (Blain Patterson, MAA Reviews, December 12, 2021)
