ERIC Number: EJ1119167
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1946-2077
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Cash across the City: Participatory Mapping & Teaching for Spatial Justice
Rubel, Laurie; Lim, Vivian; Hall-Wieckert, Maren; Katz, Sara
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, v12 p4-14 2016
This paper explores teaching mathematics for spatial justice (Soja, 2010), as an extension of teaching mathematics for social justice (Gutstein, 2006). The study is contextualized in a 10-session curricular module focused on the spatial justice of a city's two-tiered system of personal finance institutions (mainstream vs. alternative), piloted with two 11th/12th grade mathematics classes in a high school in a low-income neighborhood. The module includes a form of participatory action research known as participatory mapping (PM), examined here as a learning activity particularly conducive to urban settings. The study investigates learning opportunities and complexities opened up by PM for students. In particular, the analysis investigates how collecting narratives through PM engaged and complicated students' senses of place, whereby narratives that surfaced challenged the module's narrative about predatory lending. Findings are used to generate recommendations about ways to better support the use of PM in teaching for spatial justice.
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 11, Grade 12, Spatial Ability, Learning Modules, Participatory Research, Action Research, Learning Activities, Urban Schools, Student Projects, Handheld Devices, Interviews, Photography, Video Technology, Cartography, Map Skills
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 11; High Schools; Grade 12
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL1222430