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A Critical Approach to Equity

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Opening the Cage

Part of the book series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education ((NDMS,volume 23))

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Equity has been on the agenda of mathematics education research for at least two decades. The (first) Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Grouws, 1992) contains two chapters dealing with issues of equity and access: one focusing on gender (Leder, 1992), and the other on race, ethnicity, social class, and language (Secada, 1992). In 1995, a collection of pioneering contributions concerning the research on equity within mathematics education was published (edited by Secada, Fennema, and Adajian). In the same year, Rogers and Kaiser (1995) edited a book compiling research on the relation between equity and gender.

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Pais, A. (2012). A Critical Approach to Equity. In: Skovsmose, O., Skovsmose, O., Greer, B. (eds) Opening the Cage. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education, vol 23. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-808-7_3

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