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This book contains examples of topics linking math and social justice and addresses both goals. There is a broad range of mathematics used, including statistical methods, modeling, calculus, and basic algebra.
List of contents
Introduction 1 Doing Social Justice: Turning Talk into Action in a Mathematics Service Learning Course 2 Fighting Alternative Facts: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Social Issues 3. Measuring Income Inequality in a General Education or Calculus Mathematics Classroom 4. “There Are Different Ways You Can Be Good at Math”: Quantitative Literacy, Mathematical Modeling, and Reading the World 5. The Brokenness of Broken Windows: An Introductory Statistics Project on Race, Policing, and Criminal Justice 6. Meaningful Mathematics: A Social-Justice-Themed-Introductory Statistics Course 7. Unnatural Disasters: Two Calculus Projects for Instructors Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice 8. Supermarkets, Highways, and Natural Gas Production: Statistics and Social Justice 9. Mass Incarceration and Eviction Applications in Calculus: A First-Timer Approach 10. Math for the Benefit of Society: A New Matlab-Based Gen-Ed Course 11. Using Graph Talks to Engage Undergraduates in Conversations Around Social Justice 12. Critical Conversations on Social Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics
About the author
Catherine A. Buell is Associate Professor of Mathematics. She spends her time teaching and learning from her students at Fitchburg State University, USA, and the local prison, as well as exploring the role mathematics plays in a just society. She also enjoys time with friends, the dogs, and family.
Bonnie Shulman is Professor Emerita in the Mathematics department at Bates College, Lewiston, USA. She now lives on a farm in Greene, USA, working with home-schooled youth aged 6–12 in mathematics and science.
Summary
This book contains examples of topics linking math and social justice and addresses both goals. There is a broad range of mathematics used, including statistical methods, modeling, calculus, and basic algebra.
