Is There a Role for Mathematical Disciplinarity in Productive Learning for the Workplace?.

FitzSimons, Gail E.

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ERIC Number: EJ638674

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Publication Date: 2001

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Is There a Role for Mathematical Disciplinarity in Productive Learning for the Workplace?

FitzSimons, Gail E.

Studies in Continuing Education, v23 n2 p261-76 Nov 2001

Knowledge in academic disciplines is being challenged by the instrumentality of workplace learning. However, the way math is taught in vocational education is often irrelevant or infantilized. To satisfy the need for a creative, problem-solving work force, mathematical disciplinarity is needed. (Contains 68 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Competence, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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