ERIC Number: EJ1118776
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Nov
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"Our Issues, Our People--Math as Our Weapon": Critical Mathematics in a Chicago Neighborhood High School
Gutstein, Eric
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v47 n5 p454-504 Nov 2016
This article provides an example of, and lessons from, teaching and learning critical mathematics in a Chicago public neighborhood high school with a social justice focus. It is based on a qualitative study of my untracked, 12th-grade mathematics class, a full-year enactment of mathematics for social and racial justice. Students were Black and Latin@ from a low-income, working-class community with a tradition of resistance. Any neighborhood student could enroll without selection criteria. The class goal was for students to cocreate a classroom in which they would learn and use college-preparatory, conceptually based mathematics to study and understand social reality to prepare themselves to change it. Through analyzing my practice, I address possibilities and challenges of curriculum development and teaching, examine student learning, and pose questions and directions for further research and practice.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Urban Schools, High Schools, Social Justice, Qualitative Research, Low Income Groups, Working Class, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Neighborhood Schools, College Preparation, Student Surveys, Focus Groups, Interviews, Video Technology, Reflection, Journal Writing, Social Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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