Mathematics Teaching, Learning, and Liberation in the Lives of Black Children [Paperback]

With issues of equity at the forefront of mathematics education research and policy, Mathematics Teaching, Learning, and Liberation in the Lives of Black Childrenfills the need for authoritative, rigorous scholarship that sheds light on the ways that young black learners experience mathematics in schools and their communities. This timely collection significantly extends the knowledge base on mathematics teaching, learning, participation, and policy for black children and it provides new framings of relevant issues that researchers can use in future work. More importantly, this book helps move the field beyond analyses that continue to focus on and normalize failure by giving primacy to the stories that black learners tell about themselves and to the voices of mathematics educators whose work has demonstrated a commitment to the success of these children.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Section I: Mapping A Liberatory Research and Policy Agenda

1. Liberating the Production of Knowledge About African American Children and Mathematics, Danny Bernard Martin

Section II: Pedagogy, Standards, and Assessment

2. Researching African American Mathematics Teachers of African American Students: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations, Lawrence M. Clark, Whitney Johnson & Daniel Chazan

3. This Little Light of Mine! Entering Voices of Cultural Relevancy into the Mathematics Teaching Conversation, Lou Edward Matthews

4. Instructional Strategies and Dispositions of Teachers Who Help African American Students Gain Conceptual Understanding, Carol E. Malloy

5. Contrasting Pedagogical Styles and Their Impact on African American Students, Robert Q. Berry III &lób