[Maths-Education] Re: Attacks on Jo Boaler and mathematics education

[Peter Gates]

Which article jeanne? There's a few going round 

Peter Gates

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On 17 Oct 2012, at 09:55 PM, "Jeanne Albert" <geanne at netvision.net.il> wrote:

> Can someone send the article around.
> Thanks,
> Jeanne Albert
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> Subject: [Maths-Education] Re: Attacks on Jo Boaler and mathematics
> education
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> Pete Write has written a helpful article in For the Learning of
> Mathematics, 32, 2 called  The Math Wars: tensions in the development of
> school mathematics curricula
> http://flm-journal.org/index.php?do=details&lang=en&vol=32&num=2&pages=7-13
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> Cheers
> Pat
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> On 17/10/2012 23:58, "Lerman, Stephen" <lermans at lsbu.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Dear colleagues,
>> You may know that Jo Boaler's work in a Californian school, called
>> Railside for anonymity, has been attacked by some very conservative
>> mathematicians. Their attack is aimed at every progressive approach to
>> teaching and learning mathematics but focused specifically at Jo's
>> studies. They have also attacked her personally quite viciously, and have
>> contravened ethical practices by providing information that can be used
>> to identify the school and the students.
>> Jo, and through her our research as a community and our desire to improve
>> the teaching and learning of mathematics, needs defending.
>> Please see her website http://www.stanford.edu/~joboaler/ for full
>> details and register your support on facebook, twitter or other ways you
>> may choose.
>> Steve Lerman
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>> Department of Education
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