Brazil: History and Trends in Mathematics Education

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Date

2014-01-01

Registration in:

Mathematics and its Teaching in the Southern Americas: With an Introduction by Ubiratan D’ambrosio, p. 57-87.

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/223777

10.1142/9789814590570_0004

2-s2.0-85127719964

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5403906

Author

Miami University

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Institutions

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Abstract

This chapter begins with a brief history of mathematics education in Brazil, contextualized within the socio-political and educational events in the country. Research in ethnomathematics and mathematical modeling provide the foundation for curriculum reform and teacher preparation initiatives that strive to achieve greater social justice and equity for Brazilian children.

Subjects

Equity

Ethnomathematics

History of mathematics education

Mathematical modeling

Mathematics education

Social justice

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