Alternative Theoretical Frameworks for Mathematics Education Research: Theory Meets Data

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth de Freitas, Margaret Walshaw (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explicates some of the fundamental philosophical tenets underpinning key theoretical frameworks, and demonstrates how these tenets inform particular kinds of research practice in mathematics education research. We believe that a deep understanding of significant theories from the humanities and social sciences is crucial for doing high-quality research in education. For that reason, this book focuses on six key theoretical sources, unpacking their relevance and application to specific research examples. We situate these key theorists within a larger framework pertaining to the history of thought more generally, and discuss how competing theories of teaching and learning differ in terms of their philosophical assumptions. In so doing, we offer context and motivation for particular research methods, with the agenda of helping researchers reflect on why particular approaches and not others might work for them.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Lev Vygotsky....Pages 11-37
Michel Foucault....Pages 39-64
Jacques Lacan....Pages 65-91
Gilles Deleuze....Pages 93-120
Bruno Latour....Pages 121-148
Karen Barad....Pages 149-173
Concluding Narratives....Pages 175-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-193

✦ Subjects

Educational Philosophy;Mathematics Education