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  • Breaking Images

    Iconoclastic Analyses of Mathematics and its Education

    by Brian Greer ...
    Mathematics is an activity—something we do—not just something inert that we study. This rich collection begins from that premise to explore the various social influences, institutional forces and lived realities that shape and mould the study and practice of mathematics, and are moulded by it in turn.These twenty-one essays explore questions of mathematics as a topic of philosophy, but also the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Critical Issues In Mathematics Education

    by Bharath Sriraman ...
    Series series The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast
    The word "critical" in the title of this collection has three meanings, all of which are relevant. One meaning, as applied to a situation or problem, is "at a point of crisis". A second meaning is "expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments". A third is related to the verb "to critique", meaning "to analyze the merits and faults of". The authors contributing to this book pose ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

  • Theories of Mathematical Learning

    Edited by Leslie P. Steffe, Pearla Nesher, Paul Cobb, Bharath Sriraman, Brian Greer ...
    Chemists, working with only mortars and pestles, could not get very far unless they had mathematical models to explain what was happening "inside" of their elements of experience -- an example of what could be termed mathematical learning.This volume contains the proceedings of Work Group 4: Theories of Mathematics, a subgroup of the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education held at ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education

    Edited by Brian Greer, Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Arthur B. Powell, Sharon Nelson-Barber ...
    Series series Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
    At a time of rapid demographic change and amidst the many educational challenges facing the US, this critical new collection presents mathematics education from a culturally responsive perspective. It tackles the most crucial issues of teaching mathematics to an ethnically diverse school population, including the political dimension of mathematics education within the context of governmental ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

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  • Sociolinguistics

    Theoretical Debates

    Edited by Nikolas Coupland ...
    Sociolinguistics is a dynamic field of research that explains the role and function of language in social life. This book offers the most substantial account available of the core contemporary ideas and arguments in sociolinguistics, with an emphasis on innovation and change. Bringing together original writing by more than twenty of the field's most influential international thinkers and ... Read more

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  • Critical Realist Activity Theory

    An engagement with critical realism and cultural-historical activity theory

    by Iskra Nunez ...
    Series series New Studies in Critical Realism and Education (Routledge Critical Realism)
    Critical Realist Activity Theory provides an exciting new contribution to the New Studies in Critical Realism and Education series by showing how the nature of learning is tantamount to the critical realist notion of the dialectic. The science of learning is too important to leave solely to the sciences; it needs philosophy as well. The task of this book is to take a further step and clear the ... Read more

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  • The Logic of Social Science

    by James Mahoney ...
    A groundbreaking logic-based approach to bridging the scientific-constructivist divide in social scienceThe Logic of Social Science offers new principles for designing and conducting social science research. James Mahoney uses set-theoretic analysis to develop a fresh scientific constructivist approach that avoids essentialist biases in the production of knowledge. This approach recognizes that ... Read more

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  • Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy

    A Confluence of Ideas

    by John Mingers ...
    Series series Ontological Explorations (Routledge Critical Realism)
    Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century and provide a new work that would be of value to both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different fields – critical realism, philosophy of science and systems thinking – are all developing around ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences

    Edited by Byron Kaldis ...
    This encyclopedia, magnificently edited by Byron Kaldis, will become a valuable source both of reference and inspiration for all those who are interested in the interrelation between philosophy and the many facets of the social sciences. A must read for every student of the humanities.--Wulf Gaertner, University of Osnabrueck, Germany"Byron Kaldis′ Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social ... Read more

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  • Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Social Research

    by Malcolm Williams ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "This is a splendid book, providing a readable and reliable guide to a very large range of topics and literature... the author brings together, as few of us can, the details of research methodology and practice with broader philosophical perspectives and approaches."- William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University"We need researchers who are philosophically informed rather than ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

    by Ronald Wardhaugh, Janet M. Fuller ...
    Series series Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
    AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICSThe new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text ... Read more

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