Ways of Knowing

Abstract

This chapter describes and illustrates a particular version of the hermeneutic process used to examine the nature of the learning when mathematical tasks are engaged through digital technologies.Hermeneutics lends its title to a spread of theoretical perspectives,from a conservative position that endeavours to decipher literal interpretations of written text,through to a radical one that is inherently suspicious of language and opposes the transformative process of interpretation,seeing it more as a play of possible meanings.This chapter unfolds a moderate perspective,and uses data to illustrate how this view can be used productively to provide informative insights into the learning process through digital media.