Mathematics Education In Africa

Author : Anjum Halai,Geoff Tennant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319272580

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Mathematics Education in East Africa by Anjum Halai,Geoff Tennant Pdf

*THIS BOOK WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK* This book is a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners as it brings insights mainly from developing countries where relatively less research activity takes place. It is also a valuable resource for courses in mathematics education in the teacher education colleges, and departments of education in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In the increasingly global and technological world mathematics is seen as a significant gatekeeper of opportunities for social and economic advancement and mobility. Hence, countries and development agencies in the broader sub-Saharan Africa region are looking towards increasing access to relevant and high-quality secondary education as a lever towards economic development. Policy makers and other key decision makers in education look towards improvement in mathematics teaching and learning as a key focus in education reform. In the East Africa region also a number of initiatives have been taken at the national level in the respective countries to improve the quality of mathematics education. This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the developments and issues in mathematics education in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, and advances our understanding of the state of secondary mathematics education in East Africa.

Author : Brantina Chirinda,Kakoma Luneta,Alphonse Uworwabayeho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031139277

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Mathematics Education in Africa by Brantina Chirinda,Kakoma Luneta,Alphonse Uworwabayeho Pdf

This book is about mathematics teaching and learning in Africa during the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has evolved to utilize new technologies in the teaching and learning of Mathematics. It is characterized by the fusion of the biological, physical and digital worlds and embodies a new era of innovation in mathematics education, leading to the rapid emergence of new technologies for mathematics teaching and learning. Because 4IR in mathematics education is happening differently in various parts of Africa, the authors of the various chapters in this volume have positioned their work in their respective local contexts. The chapters address a wide variety of interests, concerns, and implications regarding 4IR and Mathematics Education in Africa. Additionally, a number of chapters address teaching mathematics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the world. Other chapters discuss the implications of inequalities in Africa that effect mathematics education during 4IR. Chapters also incorporate arguments, observations, and suggestions to, improve and transform the teaching and learning of mathematics in Africa during the 4IR. This book highlights a new era of innovation in mathematics education in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, leading to the rapid emergence of new technologies in mathematics teaching and learning. It is a valuable resource for graduate students, people with research interests in the fourth industrial revolution and mathematics educators at any level, including all mathematics teachers; mathematics education curriculum designers and policymakers.

Author : Renuka Vithal,Jill Adler,Christine Keitel
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0796920478

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Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa by Renuka Vithal,Jill Adler,Christine Keitel Pdf

Reflecting on the theoretical and ideological work that has contributed to the growth of mathematics education research in South Africa, this study provides a historical analysis of forces that have changed and shaped mathematics curricula over the years. The themes researched and explored include radical pedagogy, progressive classroom practices, ethnomathematics, and South African mathematics education research within both its local and international contexts.

Author : Anthony A. Essien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350369214

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Multilingualism in Mathematics Education in Africa by Anthony A. Essien Pdf

This book brings together the first book collection of African research in mathematics education in multilingual societies and chronicles current research in different linguistic contexts across the African continent, (including Algeria, Namibia, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa) on issues of multilingualism in mathematics education, but more importantly, it foregrounds pertinent issues for future research. With many of the authors building on earlier path-breaking African research, the book is a unique contribution of careful thinking through how linguistic diversity and multilingualism manifest in ways that differ from one geopolitical context to another. This volume is an important contribution to the growing recognition of multilingualism as the global 'linguistic dispensation' in mathematics education. It is an invitation to how we might (as an international community where more and more multilingualism is the norm rather than an exception) pay more attention to the multilingual agency and capabilities of both students and teachers in order to better harness the epistemic potential of multiple languages in contexts of language diversity in mathematics education.

Author : Kakoma Luneta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030827236

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Mathematics Teaching and Professional Learning in sub-Sahara Africa by Kakoma Luneta Pdf

The book represents a crop of wide-ranging research conducted by renown scholars in sub-Sahara Africa revolving around mathematics teaching and professional development programs for mathematics teachers. The research-based proposals and actual how-to-conduct professional development initiatives that enhance effective mathematics instruction are rooted in teacher input and informed by learners’ errors and misconceptions. The book provides a comprehensive snapshot on mathematics teaching, learning and effective professional development programmes for mathematics teachers in sub-Sahara Africa. It is the only research output that advances and disseminates issues of mathematics education and research in the region with input from South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781430318675

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African Doctorates in Mathematics by Anonim Pdf

This volume presents a catalogue of over 2000 doctoral theses by Africans in all fields of mathematics, including applied mathematics, mathematics education and history of mathematics. The introduction contains information about distribution by country, institutions, period, and by gender, about mathematical density, and mobility of mathematicians. Several appendices are included (female doctorate holders, doctorates in mathematics education, doctorates awarded by African universities to non-Africans, doctoral theses by non-Africans about mathematics in Africa, activities of African mathematicians at the service of their communities). Paulus Gerdes compiled the information in his capacity of Chairman of the African Mathematical Union Commission for the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA). The book contains a preface by Mohamed Hassan, President of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). (383 pp.)

Author : Wout Ottevanger,J. J. H. van den Akker,Leo de Feiter
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780821370711

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Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by Wout Ottevanger,J. J. H. van den Akker,Leo de Feiter Pdf

Developing Science, Mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in Secondary Education is based on country studies from ten Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, and a literature review. It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in sub-Saharan Africa: poorly-resourced schools; large classes; a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students; a lack of qualified teachers; and inadequate teacher education programs. Through examining country case studies, this paper discusses the lessons for improvement of SMICT in secondary education in Africa.

Author : Richard Barwell,Philip Clarkson,Anjum Halai,Mercy Kazima,Judit Moschkovich,Núria Planas,Mamokgethi Setati-Phakeng,Paola Valero,Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319145112

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Mathematics Education and Language Diversity by Richard Barwell,Philip Clarkson,Anjum Halai,Mercy Kazima,Judit Moschkovich,Núria Planas,Mamokgethi Setati-Phakeng,Paola Valero,Martha Villavicencio Ubillús Pdf

*THIS BOOK WILL SOON BECOME AVAILABLE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK* This book examines multiple facets of language diversity and mathematics education. It features renowned authors from around the world and explores the learning and teaching of mathematics in contexts that include multilingual classrooms, indigenous education, teacher education, blind and deaf learners, new media and tertiary education. Each chapter draws on research from two or more countries to illustrate important research findings, theoretical developments and practical strategies. This open access book examines multiple facets of language diversity

Author : Anthony A. Essien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350369221

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Multilingualism in Mathematics Education in Africa by Anthony A. Essien Pdf

This book brings together the first book collection of African research in mathematics education in multilingual societies and chronicles current research in different linguistic contexts across the African continent, (including Algeria, Namibia, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa) on issues of multilingualism in mathematics education, but more importantly, it foregrounds pertinent issues for future research. With many of the authors building on earlier path-breaking African research, the book is a unique contribution of careful thinking through how linguistic diversity and multilingualism manifest in ways that differ from one geopolitical context to another. This volume is an important contribution to the growing recognition of multilingualism as the global 'linguistic dispensation' in mathematics education. It is an invitation to how we might (as an international community where more and more multilingualism is the norm rather than an exception) pay more attention to the multilingual agency and capabilities of both students and teachers in order to better harness the epistemic potential of multiple languages in contexts of language diversity in mathematics education.

Author : Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030202231

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International Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics by Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Pdf

This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 Thematic Afternoon on “European Didactic Traditions”, takes readers on a journey with mathematics education researchers, developers and educators in eighteen countries, who reflect on their experiences with Realistic Mathematics Education (RME), the domain-specific instruction theory for mathematics education developed in the Netherlands since the late 1960s. Authors from outside the Netherlands discuss what aspects of RME appeal to them, their criticisms of RME and their past and current RME-based projects. It is clear that a particular approach to mathematics education cannot simply be transplanted to another country. As such, in eighteen chapters the authors describe how they have adapted RME to their individual circumstances and view on mathematics education, and tell their personal stories about how RME has influenced their thinking on mathematics education.

Author : Anthony A. Essien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Mathematics teaching and learning
ISBN : 1350369233

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Multilingualism in Mathematics Education in Africa by Anthony A. Essien Pdf

This book brings together the first book collection of African research in mathematics education in multilingual societies andchronicles current research in different linguistic contexts across the African continent, (including Algeria, Namibia, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa) on issues of multilingualism in mathematics education, but more importantly, it foregrounds pertinent issues for future research. With many of the authors building on earlier path-breaking African research, the book is a unique contribution of careful thinking through how linguistic diversity and multilingualism manifest in ways that differ from one geopolitical context to another. This volume is an important contribution to the growing recognition of multilingualism as the global 'linguistic dispensation' in mathematics education. It is an invitation to how we might (as an international community where more and more multilingualism is the norm rather than an exception) pay more attention to the multilingual agency and capabilities of both students and teachers in order to better harness the epistemic potential of multiple languages in contexts of language diversity in mathematics education.

Author : Lorna Holtman
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781920299293

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Some Developments in Research in Science and Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Africa by Lorna Holtman Pdf

Much attention in late-developing countries is given to providing access to studies which allow school leavers to enter science and technology-related careers. This book reviews research related to the crucial dimension of epistemological access to the disciplines of import, which students need as much as institutional access in order to improve their chances of success. A significant feature of this collection's research studies is that their empirical bases are highly localised, covering areas such as research methods, access, curriculum, instruction and assessment, and the relevance of science and mathematics education in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Swaziland, South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Ghana and Lesotho. It is the outcome of a doctoral research capacity-development project, the Graduate Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (GRASSMATE).

Author : Kip Téllez,Judit N. Moschkovich,Marta Civil
Publisher : IAP
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617354229

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Latinos/as and Mathematics Education by Kip Téllez,Judit N. Moschkovich,Marta Civil Pdf

This book that explores the mathematics education of Latinos/as in 13 original research studies. Each chapter represents research that grounds mathematics instruction for Latinos/as in the resources to be found in culture and language. By inverting the deficit perspective, this volume redresses the shortcomings found in the previous literature on Latino/a learners. Each study frames language (e.g. bilingualism) not as an obstacle to learning, but as a resource for mathematical reasoning. Other chapters explore the notion of cultural variation not as a liability but as a tool for educators to build upon in the teaching of mathematics. Specifically, the book reframes culture as a focus on the practices, objects, inscriptions, or people that connect mathematical concepts to student thinking and experiences, both in and out of school. The book's four sections divide the research: The first section of the book focuses on mathematic learning in classrooms, specifically exploring bilingual, Latino/a students; the second section explores Latino/a learners in communities, including the role parents can play in advancing learning; the third section includes chapters focused on teacher professional growth; the final section concerns the assessment (and mis-assessment) of Latino/a learners. The research shared in this volume provides ample evidence that mathematics educators who choose to ignore language or culture in their pedagogy risk shortchanging their Latino/a students.

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Ethnomathematics
ISBN : 9781257161003

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African Pythogoras by Paulus Gerdes Pdf

Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1622738187

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The African Mother Tongue and Mathematical Ideas by Abdul Karim Bangura Pdf

This book by renowned scholar Dr Abdul Karim Bangura combines linguistics and mathematics to show how and why African-centred mathematical ideas can be a driving force in Africa's development efforts. Bangura explores the concept that Africa has been the centre of the History of Mathematics for thousands of years, as the civilizations that emerged across the continent developed contributions which would enrich both ancient and modern understanding of nature through mathematics. However, scholars and other professionals working in the field of mathematics education in Africa have identified a plethora of issues in carrying out their tasks. This is highlighted by one of the most compelling arguments in the book, which is that a major reason for these problems is the fact that the African mother tongues has been greatly neglected in the teaching of mathematics in the continent. Bangura asserts that a change has to be made in order for Africa to benefit from the exceptional opportunities mathematics offer, showing that, even if there is a great body of work connecting linguistics and mathematics, few analyses have been performed on the link between African languages and mathematics--and the ones that have been made are not theoretically-grounded on linguistics. Thus, the book begins by identifying the objects of study of linguistics and mathematics, and delineates which ones they have in common. Next, since the object of study of linguistics is language, the nine design features of language are employed to examine each of the objects as it pertains to African languages. After that, mathematical ideas of sustainability and those of tipping points are suggested as means to help Africa's development efforts.