Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning (MJML)
This paper explores the ethics of the mathematics teacher, starting from the ethical obligations ... more This paper explores the ethics of the mathematics teacher, starting from the ethical obligations that all human being and professionals share towards those in their care. Most notably this involves a duty of care for students, since teachers can be the most influential persons after their parents. The ethics of mathematics teaching is analysed as concerning the aims of school mathematics, the selection of pedagogy, and the selection of content. The equal treatment of all students is also a central principle, although there are ethical dilemmas posed by the spread of achievement levels in mathematics. The ethical content of school mathematics itself is also considered, although this is a controversial issue. The paper notes that the modern tendency is for teachers to be viewed almost as technicians delivering the centrally decided mathematics curriculum. This paper argues that teachers have ethical agency which can and should still be exercised while meeting professional and institut...
Os benefícios indiscutíveis e as virtudes intrínsecas da matemática não deveriam provocar uma ceg... more Os benefícios indiscutíveis e as virtudes intrínsecas da matemática não deveriam provocar uma cegueira quanto ao possível dano colateral provocado pela sua imensa, impiedosa e destrutiva força**, que é capaz de fazer a educação e a sociedade se renderem em direção a um futuro reformulado. Por causa do grande poder da matemática e da sua influência por toda a sociedade, é preciso realizar uma auditoria ética. Este artigo conduz uma crítica ética considerando quatro aspectos inter-relacionados da matemática na educação e na sociedade e seus impactos negativos. O primeiro deles é a supervalorização da matemática e os efeitos que este poder tem em manter privilégios; em seguida, os poderosos impactos negativos que estudar matemática têm em muitos estudantes de modo individual; terceiro: as aplicações visíveis, porém problemáticas, da matemática dentro da sociedade, as quais são protegidas de críticas porque a matemática continua a ser vista como neutra; o último aspecto é os efeitos pro...
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for... more This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Mathematics Enthusiast by an
A traditional problem of ethics in mathematics is the denial of social responsibility. Pure mathe... more A traditional problem of ethics in mathematics is the denial of social responsibility. Pure mathematics is viewed as neutral and value free, and therefore free of ethical responsibility. Applications of mathematics are seen as employing a neutral set of tools which, of themselves, are free from social responsibility. However, mathematicians are convinced they know what constitutes good mathematics. Furthermore many pure mathematicians are committed to purism, the ideology that values purity above applications in mathematics, and some historical reasons for this are discussed. MacIntyre’s virtue ethics accommodates both the good mathematician (and good pure mathematics) and the ethics of the social practice of mathematics. It demonstrates that purism is compatible with acknowledging the social responsibility of mathematics. Four aspects of this responsibility are mentioned, two concerning the impact of mathematics via education, and two concerning explicit and implicit applications o...
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Monograph
In the past decade or so, a new paradigm widely referred to as the qualitative research paradigm ... more In the past decade or so, a new paradigm widely referred to as the qualitative research paradigm has begun to dominate research in mathematics education. Although its roots go back a long way, in mathematics education this paradigm emerged in Piagetian-style research based ...
Internationalisation and Globalisation in Mathematics and Science Education, 2000
... place and has taken place historically. Going back in time, the current view accepted by many... more ... place and has taken place historically. Going back in time, the current view accepted by many scholars is that oral proto-mathematics and ethnomathematics have developed in all human cultures. Thus the word 'tik' meaning ...
Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning (MJML)
This paper explores the ethics of the mathematics teacher, starting from the ethical obligations ... more This paper explores the ethics of the mathematics teacher, starting from the ethical obligations that all human being and professionals share towards those in their care. Most notably this involves a duty of care for students, since teachers can be the most influential persons after their parents. The ethics of mathematics teaching is analysed as concerning the aims of school mathematics, the selection of pedagogy, and the selection of content. The equal treatment of all students is also a central principle, although there are ethical dilemmas posed by the spread of achievement levels in mathematics. The ethical content of school mathematics itself is also considered, although this is a controversial issue. The paper notes that the modern tendency is for teachers to be viewed almost as technicians delivering the centrally decided mathematics curriculum. This paper argues that teachers have ethical agency which can and should still be exercised while meeting professional and institut...
Os benefícios indiscutíveis e as virtudes intrínsecas da matemática não deveriam provocar uma ceg... more Os benefícios indiscutíveis e as virtudes intrínsecas da matemática não deveriam provocar uma cegueira quanto ao possível dano colateral provocado pela sua imensa, impiedosa e destrutiva força**, que é capaz de fazer a educação e a sociedade se renderem em direção a um futuro reformulado. Por causa do grande poder da matemática e da sua influência por toda a sociedade, é preciso realizar uma auditoria ética. Este artigo conduz uma crítica ética considerando quatro aspectos inter-relacionados da matemática na educação e na sociedade e seus impactos negativos. O primeiro deles é a supervalorização da matemática e os efeitos que este poder tem em manter privilégios; em seguida, os poderosos impactos negativos que estudar matemática têm em muitos estudantes de modo individual; terceiro: as aplicações visíveis, porém problemáticas, da matemática dentro da sociedade, as quais são protegidas de críticas porque a matemática continua a ser vista como neutra; o último aspecto é os efeitos pro...
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for... more This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Mathematics Enthusiast by an
A traditional problem of ethics in mathematics is the denial of social responsibility. Pure mathe... more A traditional problem of ethics in mathematics is the denial of social responsibility. Pure mathematics is viewed as neutral and value free, and therefore free of ethical responsibility. Applications of mathematics are seen as employing a neutral set of tools which, of themselves, are free from social responsibility. However, mathematicians are convinced they know what constitutes good mathematics. Furthermore many pure mathematicians are committed to purism, the ideology that values purity above applications in mathematics, and some historical reasons for this are discussed. MacIntyre’s virtue ethics accommodates both the good mathematician (and good pure mathematics) and the ethics of the social practice of mathematics. It demonstrates that purism is compatible with acknowledging the social responsibility of mathematics. Four aspects of this responsibility are mentioned, two concerning the impact of mathematics via education, and two concerning explicit and implicit applications o...
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Monograph
In the past decade or so, a new paradigm widely referred to as the qualitative research paradigm ... more In the past decade or so, a new paradigm widely referred to as the qualitative research paradigm has begun to dominate research in mathematics education. Although its roots go back a long way, in mathematics education this paradigm emerged in Piagetian-style research based ...
Internationalisation and Globalisation in Mathematics and Science Education, 2000
... place and has taken place historically. Going back in time, the current view accepted by many... more ... place and has taken place historically. Going back in time, the current view accepted by many scholars is that oral proto-mathematics and ethnomathematics have developed in all human cultures. Thus the word 'tik' meaning ...
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