‘FLIPPING THE COIN’: MODELS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM

1 January 1999

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Research in Mathematics Education

Vol. 1 (1) , 69-86
https://doi.org/10.1080/14794809909461547

Abstract

This paper offers a rationale for the development of a theory of social justice to support research in mathematics education. A Rawlsian perspective (Rawls, 1971) is taken as a starting point. This perspective is developed using the work of Iris Marion Young (1990), Cameron McCarthy (1990) and Godfrey Brandt (1986) to offer arenas for research in mathematics classrooms by exploring injustices within schools and within classrooms. The paper ends by calling for the focus for such social research to be transformational as opposed to explanatory.

Keywords

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

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Published by Harvard University Press ,1971