Please read these excerpts from David Stocker's Math that matters ("Beyond pizza party math") textbook. Your blog response for this reading should be posted by 9 AM on Monday Oct. 5.
Here are some questions you might want to think about as you read this:
•Is mathematics 'neutral', or is it connected with social/ environmental justice?
•What are your ideas about the author's intentions in writing this textbook?
•Can these ideas from middle school math inspire teaching ideas for your secondary math classes?
•Are there topics in mathematics that are more or less possible to connect with social justice issues?
Here are some questions you might want to think about as you read this:
•Is mathematics 'neutral', or is it connected with social/ environmental justice?
•What are your ideas about the author's intentions in writing this textbook?
•Can these ideas from middle school math inspire teaching ideas for your secondary math classes?
•Are there topics in mathematics that are more or less possible to connect with social justice issues?
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