Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience.
This study involves an Australian Western Victorian District High School year nine mixed ability mathematics class learning mathematics using social justice pedagogy. The learning intent of the unit required students to compare their own lifestyles against different families from around the world an...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
IISTE
2016
|
| Online Access: | http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/31091 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25204 |
| _version_ | 1848751643148943360 |
|---|---|
| author | Voss, R. Rickards, Anthony |
| author_facet | Voss, R. Rickards, Anthony |
| author_sort | Voss, R. |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This study involves an Australian Western Victorian District High School year nine mixed ability mathematics class learning mathematics using social justice pedagogy. The learning intent of the unit required students to compare their own lifestyles against different families from around the world and use mathematics as a tool to investigate inequality. Although the study’s findings showed that there were associations between student learning and engagement when using this initiative, there were also many individual and unique challenges encountered during the study. These challenges included integrating the study into an already overloaded school curriculum and many different educational stakeholders. Data analysis suggested that teachers who use social justice pedagogies within their classroom practices need to be flexible, highly adaptive and have a strong commitment to achieve the best learning outcomes for the students. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:55:59Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-25204 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:55:59Z |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | IISTE |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-252042017-01-30T12:47:17Z Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. Voss, R. Rickards, Anthony This study involves an Australian Western Victorian District High School year nine mixed ability mathematics class learning mathematics using social justice pedagogy. The learning intent of the unit required students to compare their own lifestyles against different families from around the world and use mathematics as a tool to investigate inequality. Although the study’s findings showed that there were associations between student learning and engagement when using this initiative, there were also many individual and unique challenges encountered during the study. These challenges included integrating the study into an already overloaded school curriculum and many different educational stakeholders. Data analysis suggested that teachers who use social justice pedagogies within their classroom practices need to be flexible, highly adaptive and have a strong commitment to achieve the best learning outcomes for the students. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25204 http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/31091 IISTE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Voss, R. Rickards, Anthony Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title | Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title_full | Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title_fullStr | Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title_short | Challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. A secondary school experience. |
| title_sort | challenges related to teaching mathematics using social justice pedagogies. a secondary school experience. |
| url | http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/31091 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25204 |