Kelly, Joel;
Hilton, Caroline;
Wright, Pete;
(2023)
Creating space for socio-mathematical agency in the primary classroom.
In: Drijvers, Paul and Csapodi, Csaba and Palmér, Hanna and Gosztonyi, Katalin and Herendiné-Kónya, Eszter, (eds.)
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13).
(pp. pp. 3594-3601).
Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics and ERME: Budapest, Hungary.
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Abstract
In this paper, we consider the benefits of creating space for socio-mathematical agency (SMA) for students in the primary classroom. Both a lack of time in the school day and curriculum constraints can often mean that there is little to no space for children to develop their SMA in the primary mathematics classroom. We report on a project that involved working with 6 teacher researchers and created space for them to collaborate, plan, deliver and reflect upon maths lessons that had social justice elements relating to the students’ lives. We found that the teachers’ attitudes towards the curriculum were challenged and that they saw the benefit of SMA. During these sessions, teachers noticed a positive impact on their students who showed increased levels of engagement as well as the ability to make links between maths and the social justice issues in their lives.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Creating space for socio-mathematical agency in the primary classroom |
Event: | CERME13: 13th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
Dates: | 10 Jul 2023 - 14 Jul 2023 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://cerme13.renyi.hu/ |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Primary mathematics, social justice, teacher judgement, PAR, issues |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10180433 |
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