Diversity+of+Mathematics+Learning

= = “Simply put, teaching math in a neutral manner is not possible. No math teaching – no teaching of any kind, for that matter – is actually ‘neutral,’ although some teachers may be unaware of this. As historian Howard Zinn once wrote: ‘In a world where justice is maldistributed, there is no such thing as a neutral or representative recapitulation of the facts” (Gutstein & Peterson, 2006, p. 6).

See: Foucault, M. (1978/1990). //History of Sexuality, vol. I: An introduction//. New York: Random House, Inc.

Gutstein, E., and Peterson, B. (Eds.). (2006). //Rethinking mathematics: Teaching social justice by the numbers//. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools, LTD.

McIntyre, E., Rosebury, A., and Gonzalez, N. (Eds.). (2001). //Classroom diversity: Connecting curriculum to students’ lives//. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.